Nexus. A bench near a stone arch. A different take on things

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Threnody is unaware of the symphony of bird song occurring over her head and all around her. She's paying no mind to the local rodent population, though there's a squirrel sitting on her foot right at this moment. She has no attention to spare for the bright forms of the flowers that are scattered throughout the undergrowth and the grass of the little forest glade she's found. Most of her attention is focused on the tiny construction of paper and various colouring chemicals that she holds between her fingertips.

Cyclonus would be non-plussed, and Scourge would be quietly and uncomprehendingly supportive if they found her now, but she's used to those reactions when her friends find her with a book.

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Threnody starts just slightly, then shrugs. "I'm told she was great. Not what she looked like."

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Now Scourge looks nearly horrified. "No descriptions, no video or audio clips, not even a picture? Have they tried to wipe Galvatron out?"

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"No. But few are willing to talk to me. And the descriptions I was given in my earlier cycles didn't include appearance. 'She kicked aft,' or 'She was great'...." She shakes her head. "Buzzsaw has a video clip from Earth that was taken by a human, but all that can be seen clearly in it is a fist knocking the camera away. Astrotrain said she was too busy with other things to bother staying still long enough to have her picture taken. I think there is a holo of her, but I don't make a habit of poking through the possessions of my superiors."

Astrotrain's stories are exciting, but he tends to tell them while he's overcharged, and to focus on what got destroyed.

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"The possessions of your superiors? I would think Cyclonus would have it on public display..." He trails off, optics widened. He's not a fool, and through all the trauma he still has programming that tells him how to deceive people. He knows a coverup when he hears of it.

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"What is it?" A slight frown creases over her quizzical optics.

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"Why would they hide him away?"

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She blinks. "Hide her.... No. I think they're hiding themselves. She was their reason for existing."

A pause as she wonders at what she just said, and then she looks back up at him, and says quietly, "I think I understand what you were saying earlier. There's a hole in the world with our leader gone, isn't there?"

The presence he spoke of, the awe.

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Scourge nods slowly, feeling some strange connection with her for the barest of moments. "Yes. We're repairing now, but I don't think it's ever quite going to heal."