[he wants to defend himself, try to talk to tarn even though they've gone far beyond that point. warning signs cloud his remaining working optic, fading in and out through the static and riptide's brain feels like it's full of fluff.
energon splatters down his chest from his torn throat and his mouth, mixing with the leakage from his broken internals. he tries to say something, but it just comes out as a hideous, broken squealing as the destroyed vocaliser breaks apart in tarn's claws.]
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energon splatters down his chest from his torn throat and his mouth, mixing with the leakage from his broken internals. he tries to say something, but it just comes out as a hideous, broken squealing as the destroyed vocaliser breaks apart in tarn's claws.]