An amused sound escaped Smokescreen before he could stop himself.

"Yeah..I guess that's pretty true," he agreed, his grin staying in place--possibly even growing just a touch more--when the other bot scowled at the shortened name that had been used. "Right, sorry. I'll try and remember that, sir," Smokescreen said sincerely, or maybe it wasn't all that sincere. It was hard to tell.

Either way, there was still a look on thanks in his optics.

"Molecular fusion probably isn't but in general, I think you've got a lot of wisdom and stuff to pass on...so I guess it won't be so bad having you looking out for me if I need it."