"Your hand was forced by your own self-interest!" Megatron snarls, leaning aggressively over his cowering lieutenant. "Was it really necessary to offer this worthless organic life form a limitless energon supply in addition to a valuable, dangerous insight into the inner workings of an alien species?" He doesn't wait for a reply, as he early considers the answer self-evident – he just grabs Starscream in one hand and lifts him to eye level, and says in a quiet growl, "Give me one reason I should allow you to live."