It worked on the ship. Why would it not work here? Same kind of thing.
[Except no one ever came back to the Elegante without their memories. That's different.]
[He's fully prepared to keep quiet, to stand there sullenly and angrily, letting himself be dragged along.]
[... then Jetfire just has to go and ping his protective streak. It's never mattered what happens to him. He hasn't ever cared. But for someone else to be damaged because he didn't do his duty -- he didn't perform his function? That's unthinkable.]
[He growls.]
If there is nothing to be done about it, I have little choice.
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[Except no one ever came back to the Elegante without their memories. That's different.]
[He's fully prepared to keep quiet, to stand there sullenly and angrily, letting himself be dragged along.]
[... then Jetfire just has to go and ping his protective streak. It's never mattered what happens to him. He hasn't ever cared. But for someone else to be damaged because he didn't do his duty -- he didn't perform his function? That's unthinkable.]
[He growls.]
If there is nothing to be done about it, I have little choice.