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Unaware that the annoyance known as Grimlock, as Lancex currently thought of him, wanted the bot, Lancex enjoyed his time touring the Autobot base and learning about the maintenance bot crew that had somehow ended up on this planet. Bee, thinking higher of himself than he ought and thinking he was a gifted flirt, tried pulling some of his best moves with the seemingly emotionless Lancex. Bee was failing, though he didn't know it at the time, and wondered if the bot would want bee as a mate, while even Bulkhead thought the same thing. Regardless, Bulkhead and Bee continued to converse with Lancex, which for some unknown reason bothered the Prime, though he didn't show it as he wasn't sue himself why he was reacting like this.
Frustrated that he had not been able to speak with Lancex more, Optimus thought of dragging Lancex else where, but decided it might not work. "Lancex, we need to debrief…now" Optimus demanded, placing a hand on Lancex's arm, indicating the bot wasn't going to get out of this. Not wanting to cause trouble, Lancex allowed himself to be led to the rec room. Lancex wasn't exactly sure what was going on, but having a base level understanding that a Prime was a higher rank, he allowed Optimus to do this. Lancex didn't expect what happened next.
Optimus offered the bot energon and then sat down to talk. They first quickly debriefed about the situation with Lockdown, before Optimus moved on to other topics. "So, Lancex, please tell me more about yourself" Optimus suddenly stated.
"Not much to tell… I enjoy reading and my sword" Lancex replied, not sure where this was going, but figured that Optimus was just trying to figure out the bot more.
Optimus nodded before asking, "so what were you doing before you joined up with the Autobots?"
"Just some traveling and odd jobs" Lancex answered, not feeling that Optimus would understand or that Lancex could even explain it. Optimus nodded but felt like Lancex wasn't quite telling the whole truth. They talked a while longer, with both learning more about the other, though both not telling all.
Later on, and once it was dark, Lancex headed out of the base and into the cool night air, with Optimus following close behind. Optimus asked if Lancex would be willing to stay, but Lancex shook his head. He was never really a bot who stayed in any one place too long. Optimus nodded and asked the bot to visit now and then and Lancex agreed before he took off, vanishing with his flash step ability. Optimus just stared into the night sky while Lancex headed back to dinobot island, completely unaware of what awaited him upon his return.
