Orion watches him carefully, trying to measure his words. Didn't he say before that there would be no point in forcing a confrontation? Maybe he means he should just be honest about his feelings?

Starscream is hard to get a read on. One second he seems genuinely helpful, and the next Orion is almost certain he's being mocked.

He sighs, his shoulders drooping.

"I suppose I haven't much choice," he says, glancing at the door apprehensively. He falls silent for another moment. "He hasn't...said anything, has he?"

He'd been willing to take Megatron's word that things were fine, but maybe that was unwise.