[the voice doesn't start immediately. for a few seconds, there's the sound of systems cycling, vents intaking. then, finally, the voice of Nemesis Prime...in a thoughtful tone.]
I spoke with a mech who had been here for fifty Vorns.
He said he hadn't been to the upper levels for forty.
Not for lack of wanting, but...
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If they do know... I very much doubt that they care. We're... hrng. Inferiors encroaching on their space, regardless of the fact that we didn't intend to.
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Cybertronian is Cybertronian. All castes and clans and builds aside. One would think that for all of their 'advancement', the Transtechs would recognize this.
It is a pity we are lumped in with the truly wretched.
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Heh. I think you give them too much credit. T'them, we're all just lowtechs. Closest to equality we get, I suppose.
[He snorts quietly.] Not much t'be done for that. We all have means to better our lot here. Including them.
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[there's a smile audible in his voice. dark smile.]
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As for what gives me the right - I suppose the very same thing that gives me my 'illegal' status.
They certainly don't seem to be protesting. Though...I don't think they can at all, anymore. Not their predicament, not their treatment, not their slow deaths...
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[Starscream is not impressed--and he's heard slag like this before.]
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But just as many have it, and only need a pilot light to ignite it. Though those seem to be in short supply, hereabouts.
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[It... actually makes him really uncomfortable to think about how others are suffering, particularly when he's not in any position to do anything about it.]
But... I can't see that a dead universe would be any better for them.
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Indeed, while a dead universe might not be better - it could hardly be worse.
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You make less and less sense.
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What are you up to, Nemesis? [There's disdain in his voice, along with suspicion and something else.]
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And yourself?
[LOOK! he's being conversational!]
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[Too bad he's pretty anti-social.]
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