[Megatron sat quietly in the brig for what must have felt like a very long time. Then he sighed, and spoke to her about something he had been deliberating over ever since he had arrived here]
[He thought about a lot of things, during that pause. He almost said to her that he had been told that he may be the most dangerous version of himself on this ship. He could not refute that, in the same way he couldn't refute the accusations from Skywarp and Soundwave]
...I can promise that I will always put your continued safety and those of our family first. I can promise that my thoughts even now are only bent to making this life have found together in this place something we can all be proud of. You shouldn't have to look at me and wonder what I am thinking or what I may do if provoked, not when that goes against everything I have tried to teach you.
But can I promise what you ask...?
[He sat, and he thought, and he sat]
...I want to lie to you. You are a child, and should hear comforting words, the way I never... [A shake of his head that she can't see] I want to tell you yes, that I will always follow my word and never be that brute again. A word I have earned, among many. But... you are asking me to promise more than I have ever been. I make mistakes. I get angry. I strike out at perceived threats. And I make decisions for others when they would quite literally rather die.
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Date: 2023-11-05 11:38 pm (UTC)[He thought about a lot of things, during that pause. He almost said to her that he had been told that he may be the most dangerous version of himself on this ship. He could not refute that, in the same way he couldn't refute the accusations from Skywarp and Soundwave]
...I can promise that I will always put your continued safety and those of our family first. I can promise that my thoughts even now are only bent to making this life have found together in this place something we can all be proud of. You shouldn't have to look at me and wonder what I am thinking or what I may do if provoked, not when that goes against everything I have tried to teach you.
But can I promise what you ask...?
[He sat, and he thought, and he sat]
...I want to lie to you. You are a child, and should hear comforting words, the way I never... [A shake of his head that she can't see] I want to tell you yes, that I will always follow my word and never be that brute again. A word I have earned, among many. But... you are asking me to promise more than I have ever been. I make mistakes. I get angry. I strike out at perceived threats. And I make decisions for others when they would quite literally rather die.
But I won't.
No. I cannot promise that.