Arcee's never met Orion Pax, not until now, but even with his strange loyalties to Megatron...he still reminds her so much of Optimus. That conviction -- that's never changed, she doesn't think. Her optics soften, and she just looks tired now.

"That doesn't matter," she says quietly, her voice heavy. "I've been an Autobot for seven thousand years, Orion, and in all that time... I don't know what Megatron's told you, but in all that time, if there's one thing I've learned about Optimus Prime...it's that he never met a life he didn't think was worth saving." She starts to close up the first aid kit, stacking the empty energon cubes.