There's a moments pause, and then Starscream finally removes his foot and glowers down at Knockout thoughtfully, his anger cooling. It's been a while since he's been able to put a good scare into anyone, and Knockout finally yielding to the truth was enough to satisfy him for now. "Fortunately, we can still re-forge this partnership..."

He crosses his arms, getting that scheming glint in his eye once more. "I have no desire to harm you, Knockout," (That wasn't true. He absolutely did; it just wasn't practical at the moment) "I wouldn't even say that you owe me anything, despite your reprehensible behavior... We can just let bygones be bygones. But if we can work together properly now, and you actually put in a good effort, I can probably put this incident behind me in sincerity. Why, I'd even be inclined to withhold the details of your little vacation from Megatron, if we should be successful in our endeavor."