I'd like to think so. It may seem distasteful to say that they've only increased in the past four million years, but it is what it is.

( He's still hashing out the ethical line of what knowledge he feels he has a right to use and which he will forever lock away and never touch. It's a delicate process and one that really only applies to him.

Taken aback at the contact - however welcome - for a second, Shockwave relaxes almost instantaneously. Personal space has never been something he's concerned himself with, and even less when it comes to Optimus. So instead he just gives a pleased hum and lets the other do what he will. )

Which is why you named him your second, correct? Good at what he does, but always ready to see things in a way that you do not.