p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="9e88672ac715200b72692e0223665389"When you first see light it usually is very bright. When I opened my optics, I saw darkness. I was born in the middle of what is known as 'The War for Cybertron'. My sire wasn't even there for my birth. You see my sire was the commander of the Golden Guard; a group of mechs and femmes trained with the Elite Guard but took on dangerous missions like the Wreckers. He was also very close to Optimus Prime himself. My carrier called him somewhat of a brother. Anyway, I'm getting off topic./p
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