His shoulders sink at that - it sounds so final. Even if he's decided on a course of action, the idea of it still scares him. What does it mean for him? Will he just cease to exist, or will it be like regaining memories he'd lost? Will his memories of all this endure with the return of Optimus's?

"We are of the same spark," he says quietly, his gaze falling, his fingers wrapping around hers in turn. "I...have hope, that such a thing will endure. That this will not be forgotten so easily."

What is this? He doesn't really know.