Well, he'd get a lecture either way, and while Jetfire wouldn't have been particularly thrilled to hear where Starscream wanted to go or why, at least he'd have known - and unlike some people, he wouldn't have rendered Starscream unconcious and locked him up somewhere upon being informed.

"This isn't---" Huffing, Jetfire shook his helm and reached out to carefully trail a finger down the injured wing. "Because of how you reacted the first time I tried to tell you. And from an angle of the time we've each been gone, yes, I suppose it makes us... 'even'."

If he'd been someone else, he'd probably have rolled his optics at that. Starscream, honestly.

"But if we're keeping a tally, I'm quite sure we'd have to work backwards for a really long time. Either way, it'd have been... less stressful if you'd told me since then I'd know you hadn't just disappeared."

And he didn't come back injured either of those times.