[ The arm around her shoulder squeezed at an infinitesimal degree before he let go. ] You've probably come a long way to do that.
[ Projecting? Maybe, but he knew the pattern, not the circumstance: You're told you're brilliant while stuck in the mud all your life, and you have a basic framework for overcoming that. Even if it means shaking hands with the devil.
Drift looks out onto the old Cybertron horizon and how it glistens, ]
No, [ He answers honestly, ] I was one of the ones who burned this city to the ground and — [ Drift looks out, the darks of his catching the reflection of destruction long behind them in the way his pupils dilated, ] and sometimes I miss knowing I helped start the flames.
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[ Projecting? Maybe, but he knew the pattern, not the circumstance: You're told you're brilliant while stuck in the mud all your life, and you have a basic framework for overcoming that. Even if it means shaking hands with the devil.
Drift looks out onto the old Cybertron horizon and how it glistens, ]
No, [ He answers honestly, ] I was one of the ones who burned this city to the ground and — [ Drift looks out, the darks of his catching the reflection of destruction long behind them in the way his pupils dilated, ] and sometimes I miss knowing I helped start the flames.