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The dying sun drenched the G.H.O.S.T. perimeter in a heavy, amber glow. Optimus sat in solitude atop a rocky outcrop, his massive frame motionless, optics locked on the shimmering horizon. The distant, frantic hum of human activity had finally surrendered to the evening stillness. Behind him, the rhythmic thud of deliberate footsteps approached. He didn't turn his head. “You still walk like you’re approaching a battlefield,” Optimus remarked, his voice a low, resonant rumble. Megatron let out a huff—a sound caught somewhere between a scoff and a laugh—and lowered himself onto the rock. The silence that followed was thick, weighted by eons of conflict. Optimus’s voice shifted, growing soft and distant. “Do you remember the sunsets on Cybertron? Before… before everything.”