[There's a slight twitch and then a shake of his helm as he stares down at the floor of the corridors they're walking through.]

It does matter. Offlining during a battle is one thing, premediated murder to find out if something would affect us as it does others here or not isn't the same thing! I left the Decepticons for a reason, Ironhide, and among those were a certain disregard for life within and beyond scientific situations and a lack of respect for the rules of war!

[He does sound rather upset now, even if he grits his jaw and and tilts his helm after a few moments to glance at Ironhide from the corner of his vision.]

I... apologize. But that's something I can't condone.