( He doesn't remember surprise in his interactions with them. Four million years and it's a gaping hole of emotionless images; the majority of his long life spent doing things for which he feels revulsion and regret. But he can feel them. And whatever emotions they invoke, it's proof that he is back to who he was, that the parts of him that were stripped away have resurfaced. )
They are certainly a creative species. ( He pauses, fingers settling to stroke Optimus' helm rather than the ear pieces. ) You admire them.
( A statement, rather than a question. Shockwave understands the Prime's reluctance to drag them all back to Earth in the first place - he cannot think of one good thing that happened, except the end of their war. They'd destroyed worlds - Shockwave had done his part in that - and yet this one still stood.
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They are certainly a creative species. ( He pauses, fingers settling to stroke Optimus' helm rather than the ear pieces. ) You admire them.
( A statement, rather than a question. Shockwave understands the Prime's reluctance to drag them all back to Earth in the first place - he cannot think of one good thing that happened, except the end of their war. They'd destroyed worlds - Shockwave had done his part in that - and yet this one still stood.
It survived, and it continues to defy them. )