"Would you believe that's a pretty normal threat from my Autobots? They throw us to their human allies as often as they dispatch us themselves." The ironic part was that he'd already worked out the peace with someone else... who didn't resort to threats of quite that caliber.

"Someone was selling their eggs in Axiom. They're called firelizards. I had recently arrived and... well. I kind of wanted the companionship. Raised Rumble up from a hatchling." Barricade grins, motioning with his hands to indicate the firelizard's size. "I think he kept me sane for a while, there."

He pauses at Rung's apology, then waves one hand a little, shifting his position in the chair.

"Ahh, don't apologize. It was probably easier to start where we did; gets the big planet-destroying elephant out of the room."