Rodimus tries not to laugh. Not in a malicious way, but in general bemusement of the awkwardness of this guy attempting to explain himself.
"Are you, are you trying to say you're...friends? That you're friends with the 'cons?" Rodimus asks. It's not meant as a jab, but if you didn't know Rodimus well enough it might seem that way. "Because that's okay...really! You don't have to be all...weird about it."
Rodimus is tentative about challenging Sollux's ideas about the Decepticons and how they got their start. It's hard not to argue the point, to make clear that the Decepticon's founding ideals and their current ones have...drifted; but at the same time, he's already let slip enough of his actual feelings about the 'cons as is...he doesn't need to slap a neon sign on it too.
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"Are you, are you trying to say you're...friends? That you're friends with the 'cons?" Rodimus asks. It's not meant as a jab, but if you didn't know Rodimus well enough it might seem that way. "Because that's okay...really! You don't have to be all...weird about it."
Rodimus is tentative about challenging Sollux's ideas about the Decepticons and how they got their start. It's hard not to argue the point, to make clear that the Decepticon's founding ideals and their current ones have...drifted; but at the same time, he's already let slip enough of his actual feelings about the 'cons as is...he doesn't need to slap a neon sign on it too.