He smiles a little, with tone similar to her laugh. Even with things so tire, it's hard for it not to be a little funny. To learn from someone that he himself would go on to teach.

"I think there is something to be learned from most bots," he says, slowly and contemplatively at first, but picking up momentum. "If Optimus really was like me...I am certain that he learned something from you as well." His smile fades completely then, becoming more nostalgic and pained. "You can learn, I think, even if...the bot isn't everything you thought they would be. Even if they are not perfect." He carefully sets his vocalizer before continuing. "I would not be who I am now if I had never met Megatronus. I do not think I would have...come so far, if I had not been exposed to that first spark of the fire he caries within him. Even with all he has done."

He pauses there, and then shakes his head.

"I am sorry to wax poetic over such things."