I said I'd be willing to discuss compensation, didn't I?
[ Knock Out looks a lot less flippant now, though; his expression has a sense of urgency to it. This isn't more important than getting his brain fixed, but it ranks very highly nonetheless. ]
My partner has also suffered considerably at the hands of this planet's natives. For two years he was held by an organization known as TRIDENT, and if you think badly of Decepticon hospitality --
[ He scoffs again, more harshly this time. ]
What they did was torture. He came back missing an awful lot of himself -- I've replaced what I could with what I have on hand, but I don't have a fully stocked medibay on this planet, and he's still missing an optic. I don't want you to do anything -- I just want the necessary materials to fix him. I'm not looking for favors. I'll pay you for it. I just want to fix him.
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[ Knock Out looks a lot less flippant now, though; his expression has a sense of urgency to it. This isn't more important than getting his brain fixed, but it ranks very highly nonetheless. ]
My partner has also suffered considerably at the hands of this planet's natives. For two years he was held by an organization known as TRIDENT, and if you think badly of Decepticon hospitality --
[ He scoffs again, more harshly this time. ]
What they did was torture. He came back missing an awful lot of himself -- I've replaced what I could with what I have on hand, but I don't have a fully stocked medibay on this planet, and he's still missing an optic. I don't want you to do anything -- I just want the necessary materials to fix him. I'm not looking for favors. I'll pay you for it. I just want to fix him.