13th Transmission

[heavyweaponsbot]

[There are dragging, scraping sounds as the comm clicks on, and they continue throughout the transmission.]

I require...

[A long pause, as if the next part is physically painful to say.]

... a mechanic. And a drink.

[The comm clicks off there, as the speaker continues hauling his broken old aft toward his quarters.]

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[There's what sounds like a sigh]

What is it you want me to say? Hmn?

[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

Nothing. Just...just forget it.

Hope you uh...feel better soon.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

...

If you want to look... I will not speak.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

[...Now she knows he's trying to fix it.]

I know you don't need me. Thanks, though.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[Trying being the keyword.]

Never said that.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm just a vehicle mechanic. I don't know anything about your internals. It'd be best if you left it to Ratchet.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

... I do not want to see him.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

Bet you will, though.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

I do not go running to him for every little dent.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

Seems like more than a dent, if you're admitting to needing help.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

...

Fine. I do not go to him for every little break.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

You broke something?!

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[heavyweaponsbot]

...

Diagnostic scans say so.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

[A moment of silence, then a sigh.]

...Ironhide...

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[... she sounds like Ratchet when she does that.]

What.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

What did you do?

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[heavyweaponsbot]

What I do best.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

You...you gotta stop fighting, 'Hide.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

Why?

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

Is your chest wound worse?

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[heavyweaponsbot]

...

Nothing that will not heal.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

It's not going to heal if you keep doing these things to yourself. You've gotta stop, at least wait til it's done healing.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

...

I have little reason to stop.

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[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

You keep hurting yourself...just wait til you're healed. Then fight all you want.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

... The sparring helps.