[That's all he can say for a minute. Everything else gets tangled up in his processor before it even starts to be words. Seeing Optimus... seeing him up and alive again. It makes something clench up in his chest.]
[Sure, he saw Prime fight. Saw him save the day. But there hadn't been time to feel anything in the heat of battle. There hadn't been a chance to do anything but urge their leader onward, and keep going.]
[Now... now he can look up at Optimus and feel the surge of gratitude, of relief. If he were human, the old 'bot probably would have teared up.]
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[That's all he can say for a minute. Everything else gets tangled up in his processor before it even starts to be words. Seeing Optimus... seeing him up and alive again. It makes something clench up in his chest.]
[Sure, he saw Prime fight. Saw him save the day. But there hadn't been time to feel anything in the heat of battle. There hadn't been a chance to do anything but urge their leader onward, and keep going.]
[Now... now he can look up at Optimus and feel the surge of gratitude, of relief. If he were human, the old 'bot probably would have teared up.]
Took your time showing up.