For just a moment, the whirl of fractals and colors dancing across his vision went still, and nothing in the universe existed except for Primal and the loss he had suffered yet again. A loss neither one could have conceivably stopped, but that Optimus had chosen not to present for. Primal had had to deal with this alone.
Optimus' mouth parted as he sought for something to say, and he started to reach out again for Primal's hands again. Then the moment ended, and the patterns and colors burst back into kaleidoscopic movement, impossible to track or understand.
He flinched just slightly, and let his own hand drop. He slammed his mask into place.
"I... am sorry," he said slowly. There was a pang deep in his spark at losing someone he himself had considered a friend, but that wasn't important right now, so he thrust it away. "I had hoped you would both have more time, if the bridge took either of you at all."
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Date: 2024-04-20 01:42 am (UTC)For just a moment, the whirl of fractals and colors dancing across his vision went still, and nothing in the universe existed except for Primal and the loss he had suffered yet again. A loss neither one could have conceivably stopped, but that Optimus had chosen not to present for. Primal had had to deal with this alone.
Optimus' mouth parted as he sought for something to say, and he started to reach out again for Primal's hands again. Then the moment ended, and the patterns and colors burst back into kaleidoscopic movement, impossible to track or understand.
He flinched just slightly, and let his own hand drop. He slammed his mask into place.
"I... am sorry," he said slowly. There was a pang deep in his spark at losing someone he himself had considered a friend, but that wasn't important right now, so he thrust it away. "I had hoped you would both have more time, if the bridge took either of you at all."