Optimus doesn't know exactly where this is coming from, but more importantly he feels that it is irrelevant to the current situation. Arcee has hardly been making anyone her canon fodder - Rodimus projecting his distrust onto her is no more appropriate than anything else.
He finds the first part irritating, but largely unmoving. If Rodimus things that he is unaware of the things that happen in his army, he is misinformed. The avoidance of collateral has always been one of his most central concerns.
But he doesn't end up arguing that point, because of the fact that that last remark catches his completely off guard. His optics widen like he's been struck, before narrowing again critically.
...And then he just stares at him, his gaze absolutely piercing. There is a note of disbelief, but mostly there is just this supreme bitterness that consumes him now, an age old wound with freshly leaked blood.
There is a certain violence to his silence that seems to imply that if Rodimus allows him enough time to choose his words, he will most likely regret it.
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He finds the first part irritating, but largely unmoving. If Rodimus things that he is unaware of the things that happen in his army, he is misinformed. The avoidance of collateral has always been one of his most central concerns.
But he doesn't end up arguing that point, because of the fact that that last remark catches his completely off guard. His optics widen like he's been struck, before narrowing again critically.
...And then he just stares at him, his gaze absolutely piercing. There is a note of disbelief, but mostly there is just this supreme bitterness that consumes him now, an age old wound with freshly leaked blood.
There is a certain violence to his silence that seems to imply that if Rodimus allows him enough time to choose his words, he will most likely regret it.