"We have similar problems. I'd be happy to stay here with Ravi and my family, but there are millions of Decepticons and they all deserve a safe place to live, so I've got the commune on Io and we're working on other things, too. Ravi and I will eventually have to go back for good. But after that happens...we will always come back to visit our friends."
Soundwave smiles at Tom hopefully. They were on opposite ends of Ravage and Aletayria, who were hugging, Tom leaning into Aletayria, and Soundwave's arm still around Ravage, and now a little bit around Aletayria, too. "I am often confused by human cruelty as well. We can be very cruel--don't get me wrong. But there are certain levels of perversity that are unique to them, just as there are levels of perversity we've reached that I don't think they're capable of."
Finally he makes a decision and gently--because he is very strong--tugs all of them into an embrace, unless they resist it.
"I know you have high hopes for Ziggy, but he should be careful if he's going to go back," Soundwave says gently. "Not being human, nor having anything to do with your Earth, I would only have him save those people if he can do it without sacrificing himself. The humans of the Earth I know are very prone to creating martyrs. While I repent of the damage I've done to our Earth and some of its humans, I care more for Ziggy, and for elephants and whales, than I do for humanity as a whole, I'm afraid."
He sighs. "If your galaxy is similar enough to mine, there are suggestions I could make for a new Anthean homeworld, once I knew the needed parameters in terms of climate, biochemistry, and the like."
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Soundwave smiles at Tom hopefully. They were on opposite ends of Ravage and Aletayria, who were hugging, Tom leaning into Aletayria, and Soundwave's arm still around Ravage, and now a little bit around Aletayria, too. "I am often confused by human cruelty as well. We can be very cruel--don't get me wrong. But there are certain levels of perversity that are unique to them, just as there are levels of perversity we've reached that I don't think they're capable of."
Finally he makes a decision and gently--because he is very strong--tugs all of them into an embrace, unless they resist it.
"I know you have high hopes for Ziggy, but he should be careful if he's going to go back," Soundwave says gently. "Not being human, nor having anything to do with your Earth, I would only have him save those people if he can do it without sacrificing himself. The humans of the Earth I know are very prone to creating martyrs. While I repent of the damage I've done to our Earth and some of its humans, I care more for Ziggy, and for elephants and whales, than I do for humanity as a whole, I'm afraid."
He sighs. "If your galaxy is similar enough to mine, there are suggestions I could make for a new Anthean homeworld, once I knew the needed parameters in terms of climate, biochemistry, and the like."