"If he's threatening people to leverage someone else, I don't think he feels very 'punished', Vandal."

He rubs one hand over his chestplate, sitting up, drawing up one knee. "And trust me, they always get loose." Even Megatron had, from the Variable Voltage Harness.

And then--ow! It didn't hurt so much as, well...hurt another way. "Vandal, I'm...sorry. I was just thinking about trying to save lives."