[... Indeed they are, and while Jetfire briefly remembers that conversation he had, the unsettled reaction has mostly gone away; he hardly needs to prove anything to someone who refuses to give the respect he was offering in return.]

Yes, we are, but that doesn't hinder us from being in every way different from the humans, or other organic beings. I would just caution against assuming it works the same for us as it does them, especially as there is not even a single point of data yet to underpin any conclusion...

[Jetfire paused, optics narrowing, and shook his helm.]

And while I never say no to an empirical and scientific approach, I don't think going off and killing yourself is the best way to go about it in this instance.

[Even if they do come back as all others do, the memory loss... it wasn't without payment and he wondered how the loss of memories would work for them too.]

If there aren't, all the more reason to not drive yourself into scrap parts before inevitably being so hurt you deactivate from it.

[Another shake of his helm and Jetfire studies the barracks that're finally coming up. Soon inside, and then the temperature will rise, at the least.]

What floor?