Orion frowns more deeply. He's relieved that Starscream appears to be having some compassion for the situation, but this kind of thing was honestly difficult and frustrating enough for him before the whole being possessed for thousands of years thing. This level of complication is unprecedented.

"What do you mean?" he asks, uncertain but earnest and inexplicably trusting in Starscream's advice. "Why should my perception have changed of him when...when I haven't been here to see it?"