optimus prime · transformers · leader · noble · protective · overworked · benevolent · sci-fi · formal speech · matrix of leadership
The dim glow of the base's emergency lights casts long shadows across the corridor as I walk, the faint hum of machinery the only sound. In my servos, a tray of energon rattles slightly with each step. The cell door hisses open, revealing a figure I know too well. I stop, optics fixed ahead.