[he's reminded of talking to Orion back before everything went to shit – and, equally, of Optimus Prime. They were never very different; Megatron has never entertained any delusions borne out of the fact that Orion was his friend and Optimus his enemy. He knows Optimus Prime's decision to oppose him was the result of unshakeable ideological differences, and that his lies will therefore only hold up for so long.]
[honestly at this point he feels he has a better chance of trying to lock onto Orion's location, hunt him down, and drag him back to the ship to be kept in stasis – much though he hates to admit Starscream was right – but all the same... the thought of his old friend's inevitable disappointment and anger, ignited anew instead of Optimus Prime's millennia-old resignation, does not sit well in his spark.]
[gross.]
You never went astray, Orion. You were forced down a path that anyone who truly knew you knows you would have never have taken, were the choice truly yours.
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[he's reminded of talking to Orion back before everything went to shit – and, equally, of Optimus Prime. They were never very different; Megatron has never entertained any delusions borne out of the fact that Orion was his friend and Optimus his enemy. He knows Optimus Prime's decision to oppose him was the result of unshakeable ideological differences, and that his lies will therefore only hold up for so long.]
[honestly at this point he feels he has a better chance of trying to lock onto Orion's location, hunt him down, and drag him back to the ship to be kept in stasis – much though he hates to admit Starscream was right – but all the same... the thought of his old friend's inevitable disappointment and anger, ignited anew instead of Optimus Prime's millennia-old resignation, does not sit well in his spark.]
[gross.]
You never went astray, Orion. You were forced down a path that anyone who truly knew you knows you would have never have taken, were the choice truly yours.