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"Well, what happened to Lancex, once King Regis was no more?" Predaking asked.
"He was adopted by his older brother Noctis and a few other friends and they were traveling to meet Noctis fiancée, Lunafreya" Cid answered.
Sensing something off, Optimus asked, "what happened to Noctis?"
"Noctis sacrificed himself to fight and purge an ancestor known as Ardyn Lucis Caelum" Gladiolus answered.
Confused and shocked, Optimus asked, "how was it possible for his ancestor to live so long?" Optimus asked. It didn't make any sense to the Prime.
"Ardyn used to be a good person, he was a doctor who had a special power to absorb the demon energy of our world. It became a problem when he absorbed too much of the evil energy and it corrupted his humanity permanently. He was locked away until the enemy kingdom found him and freed him. Ever since then and until Noctis sacrificed himself, Ardyn was a constant thorn in our side, pretending to help us them trying to destroy us. In fact, Ardyn stabbed Lancex through the chest and killed Lunafreya right in front of Lancex" Gladiolus answered. Optimus and Predaking didn't know what to say and looked at each other and then the other with a look of pure confusion as well as sadness.
"Knowing what we know now, it makes complete sense why Lancex is the way he is. All he seems to know from family is loss. And not just loss, but gutting losses. And while we can't say that in our desire to pursue him that we would never hurt him, as if he loves us and we die first he will hurt, we will do everything is our power to stop him from feeling like he is just going to lose us once he gets too close" Optimus offered up. "We will do everything we can to help him, even if he doesn't choose us."
Cor and the others nodded, finally seeing that these two didn't seem like bad bots. "It is good to see that you understand and value the bot. We, as his family in some sense, will give you a chance to win him over, however, we do make it clear that should you do damage, you will suffer severe damage. Do we have an understanding?" Cor asked. Optimus nodded, hoping that they would still support Lancex if he chose to go back to the Transformers universe. Only time would tell.
