[megatron's expression pinches with the clear distaste of anyone being told they must perform a function. would velocity have been a good actor? that doesn't matter! the whole... everything started because no-one wanted to be told they had to dance to someone else's tune! he looks past her for a moment. this maccadam's is modeled after the one from his own universe, and the seat he and optimus sat in tens of millions of years ago planning speeches and activism is across the way and currently empty.

her question brings him back to the present.]

A gladiator. [he says, almost shrugging.] Entertainment.

[ironic, a little, given what velocity was told to do.]

It only gave me the platform I needed to reach those who wanted to hear what I had to say.