[he's cackling the second he goes down, popping back up quickly after optimus has gone past him.]

Well, god damn! Here I was always told you were some scientist in your youth, yet here before me is nothin' but a little fucker!

[this is said cheerfully, then he rubs his head.]

Yeah, kicked it a bit too hard. Sounded like somethin' came loose. Hey, you got any Autobots around here? You want one?

[jangles loyalty like a set of keys... not that he'd offer this if this little prime for ants didn't look so familiar. something deep in his coding is setting off his loyalty bells.]