If you shot him, Starscream, his grip on the arachnid would loosen and it'd get free. You don't want that, do you?
"I suppose that might be acceptable," Jetfire said and let Starscream pull his hand away - though he caught his fingertops and bent down enough to brush his lips against the metal before letting go and going back to "his" side of the room.
With the datapad-arachnid.
"And Starscream, don't think you can leave here when we're done with that container if it turns out to be useful for more than keeping radiation-bombarded animated datapads contained." He didn't even turn around as he said it, rather just raised a hand in the air (it happened to be the one holding the arachnid) in brief warning.
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"I suppose that might be acceptable," Jetfire said and let Starscream pull his hand away - though he caught his fingertops and bent down enough to brush his lips against the metal before letting go and going back to "his" side of the room.
With the datapad-arachnid.
"And Starscream, don't think you can leave here when we're done with that container if it turns out to be useful for more than keeping radiation-bombarded animated datapads contained." He didn't even turn around as he said it, rather just raised a hand in the air (it happened to be the one holding the arachnid) in brief warning.