Ravage nods. "Courtship is serious. In asking to court you, he told you that he does not want a casual, recreational relationship without the possibility of any commitment. Soundwave and I once had an open relationship, but there was never any pretence that activities with other parties, even our dearest friends, would be other than recreational. He does not view your relationship as recreational.

"I was always Soundwave's consort and have never been open to having a second one. I refuse to share my spark with anyone else. I believe the humans call relationships like ours 'friends with benefits', except that amicitia is closer than human friendship by far and does not properly include the 'benefits' in polite non-Decepticon society."