[It feels like the shadow just shoved a blade the size of a Decepticon fist through his internals, or pulled his spark out of his chest.]
[This wasn't what he wanted.]
[He just... wanted someone... anyone, to be proud of him. Anyone. For anything. Anything at all. And for a second there, he thought it was going to happen. For a short while, for any while.]
[He'd have taken it.]
You're not.
No, you're... you're not. 'm not...
[Not worth it. Not anything more than everyone thought of him. Not part of the team, not grown up, not capable, not a warrior, not...]
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[This wasn't what he wanted.]
[He just... wanted someone... anyone, to be proud of him. Anyone. For anything. Anything at all. And for a second there, he thought it was going to happen. For a short while, for any while.]
[He'd have taken it.]
You're not.
No, you're... you're not. 'm not...
[Not worth it. Not anything more than everyone thought of him. Not part of the team, not grown up, not capable, not a warrior, not...]
[Anything.]