Megatron's other hand takes Loki's hand, and his hands slide up to Loki's wrists, as if to tug him into his arms, but awaiting permission. He knows that horror all too well. And he's been the one to punish the ones who froze, more to his shame.
"I'm so sorry--"
He looks up, shaking his head. "I am really, sorry." And he is. Not just for Loki. But desperately sorry to people like Glit, and Thundercracker, and Soundwave, and all of the others he pushed well past their limits for cruelty. He wrote of going on past one's heart, but he shouldn't have ever been the one to take people's hearts and force them on past them.
"Don't worry," he says, though it sounds rather empty. "I've been that sort of charismatic leader, more to my shame. I know the signs. I won't fall in with anyone like that, I promise you. No. I want to learn from you, and from others like you. I would not study such a thing with anyone I did not trust."
And, after a moment, he settles.
"I would be willing to mentor your daughter on such a path, if she chose. Once you know me, of course, well enough to trust me with such a dear being."
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"I'm so sorry--"
He looks up, shaking his head. "I am really, sorry." And he is. Not just for Loki. But desperately sorry to people like Glit, and Thundercracker, and Soundwave, and all of the others he pushed well past their limits for cruelty. He wrote of going on past one's heart, but he shouldn't have ever been the one to take people's hearts and force them on past them.
"Don't worry," he says, though it sounds rather empty. "I've been that sort of charismatic leader, more to my shame. I know the signs. I won't fall in with anyone like that, I promise you. No. I want to learn from you, and from others like you. I would not study such a thing with anyone I did not trust."
And, after a moment, he settles.
"I would be willing to mentor your daughter on such a path, if she chose. Once you know me, of course, well enough to trust me with such a dear being."