[You know when you wake up and you feel like there's a leaden weight sitting on your chest, stopping you from moving? Most of the time when that happens, it's because of sleep paralysis. Somewhat less of the time, it's a close encounter of the third kind. ... This time, however, it's a very large Furret curled up neatly in the middle of Heather's
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You made it.
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[Ironhide suddenly has a calculating, slightly devious look about him. If he were about five tons heavier, that look would be utterly terrifying.]
... Know if there's anywhere to get a hold of metals? Tools?
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... Uhhh....
[A pause.]
... There's a pretty huge storage basement under the department store in Goldenrod.
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... How far is Goldenrod from Violet?
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If it's the former, it's maybe... three or four days to a week?
If it's the latter... two, maybe three weeks.
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... Hmnf. Great.
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[He just shakes his head -- Heather, you make him so very amused.]
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Anyway... so you can seriously turn into a truck back where you come from? That wasn't just some crazy thing my dream threw in for kicks, was it?
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Can any of you turn into motorcycles?
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One of us could.
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... Oh...
Sorry, I... keep forgetting. [She's not sure he ever explicitly used the term 'war', but it doesn't take a genius to figure out that's basically what was going on where he came from.]
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Not your war. Not your world... Why should you remember?
[He doesn't sound accusing, though. Just matter-of-fact.]
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Losing someone is something that sucks no matter how it happens or what world you're from.
... 'Least that's how I see it. [One of the few truly universal things out there.]
I guess I just think it's worth remembering. ... Even when it happens to someone else.
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[When he speaks again, there's a heaviness to his words -- a weariness.]
It would take your lifetime for me to list the names of all the Autobots, all the noncombatants, this war has slaughtered...
[Another pause.]
If you wish to honor our dead... Remember the name 'Optimus Prime'.
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