Megatron pushes himself back to his feet, optics narrowed. He hears Orion go, but doesn't stop to watch him – his eyes, and his cannon, are fixed on Ultra Magnus as he slowly straightens up. And although he looks faintly disgusted that the Autobot took him by surprise, he certainly doesn't seem disappointed.

"Ultra Magnus," he says. "Excellent – I was beginning to fear this might already be over." It's not even a showy exaggeration, really. On the inside he still hasn't settled his feelings about that conversation with Orion – and as long as he can keep fighting people, he doesn't have to.