The contact was welcomed - not just because of the support, but because of who it was... despite their little awkward dance that still cropped up. Sometimes it was rather surprising he'd stayed besides that, since she didn't have the associations he did.

"No, of course not... thank you." Tilting her helm slightly towards Optimus, Elita dipped it in a nod. "It was strange, yes... I still wish I'd gotten to know that Magnus better, but I'm sort of... relieved, Grimlock was pretty much as I know him." Petty, perhaps, but if he'd been different she'd still probably have tried.

Then she grinned, pausing for a moment to give Optimus a thoughtful look before she unwound a cable and offered it to him.

"Kind of yes. Grim called him 'little Prime'. And I think this might show you what I mean..." If Optimus took the cable, he'd get a brief clip of an assault on a group of Decepticons, with Magnus concpisiously shouting the rather snappy line of 'Autbots, let's wreck this party!'.