He's never been very comfortable with this sort of thing. Not with someone he doesn't know. Heated, emotional conversations are not something he's ever sought out - or at least they weren't, until he met Megatronus. And that had been so much different than it feels right now.

He's determined now that he can't lie to this bot, though, regardless of what it will mean for his own fate. His former followers deserve the truth - the truth they should have had from the beginning.

"From...from my understanding, my intentions took a severe turn after I was appointed the Matrix of Leadership. Now that I no longer carry it..." He can't stand to look at her when admitting this. "...I feel that I have been misled, and misled you and your comrades in return."