He had already guessed that she was in command of this group, but the fact that she is in charge in more general terms in news to him. He's not at all surprised, given the way she acts, but it does make his worries of the situation more intense.

"He does not sound like the kind of bot one would give up easily," he says. "If you were to regain the Matrix..." He trails off.

Optimus not being one to open up sounds right, somehow. With Megatron having supposedly betrayed him as he did, Orion can easily imagine not wanting to behave so foolishly again.