Perhaps he should have been, then, Orion thinks darkly for a moment, though it's a sentiment that is quickly brushed aside. The idea of so many years of war is still hard for him to fathom, and any world where that could have been truncated is an appealing one. He misses Iacon badly, and even weeks later it's still hard to imagine its loss.

"May I ask you a...personal question?" he eventually asks, his tone careful. "What is your relation to Optimus Prime?"