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Lancex stood there for a minute. "I knew Aquaformer was here, but I didn't realize Jazz was here" Lancex mentioned.

"My mates went to go get energon" Aquaformer replied, seeming to understand that Lancex needed to talk.

"I was coming in here to check with Ratchet on something, as we now have a third mate, as Mirage joined Prowl and I in our bond" Jazz replied.

"I am… I am… a bit mixed up" Lancex fessed up.

"What are you mixed up about?" Aquaformer and Jazz asked at the same time.

"Well, I feel my spark pulling me in multiple directions regarding other bots, and I am just not sure about how to feel about it" Lancex explained and the went on to talk about how he felt, how he felt around Optimus and Grimlock, how he felt around Cosmos, what happened with Cosmos, and anything and everything he could think of that might help him or allow them to at least guide him in the right direction.

"It sounds like you already have a type of bond with Cosmos. That often happens if two submissive mechs interface like that" Aquaformer explained to Lancex, who thought that might be the case but now knew for sure.

"Give them a chance to get to know you to see the wonderful bot you are" Jazz offered up. "Even Mirage would say that relationships are like earth flowers, they only grow with attention. Just like one needs sunlight, water, and soil to grow earth plants, one needs communication, respect, honesty, and such to grow a relationship and trust within that relationship." Ratchet merely nodded as it was good advice.

"So you think I should give them a chance? What about my past?" Lancex asked, more pointedly and more at Aquaformer.

"If they love you, they will accept your past and where you came from. They won't try to change you to be someone you are not" Aquaformer responded, wanting her friend to give the others a true chance. "Let them see. If they can't accept that, they never truly loved you to begin with." Lancex could only nod, as the advice was sound, but how could he show his true self to the other bots? He wasn't sure if they would accept him, as he hadn't always been a good bot when he was younger, he had killed long before the war, when the settlement realized it had been forgotten and had sort of turned on itself. Would they still love him, he could only hope.

"Everyone deserves to be loved and have a family, regardless of what their past was like" Ratchet offered up. Lancex then smiled. He had a choice, he could choose to love. That made him feel better and off he went.