"Unicron certainly seems to a be a power they can't overcome." It's a little dismaying to think about. What made this time better than the last? "All the more reason to live life to the fullest."

If anything now, Wing regrets not talking more with Vector about these matters. He'd been too focused on history, culture and existential matters. He chides himself inwardly for not focusing on the here and now.

Wing is lucky to have Drift, because it's true; even if he'd done it back during the start of the war, daring quit battlefields looking for refugees, that was a long, long time ago and Wing is a little too excited to be here. He forges ahead, perhaps a little heedless, aiming for where the darkness changes quality. It's a the end of the tunnel, opening into the main cavern.