Oh shit. Bumblebee.
He speaks in Cybertronian Battle Tone after Megatron tore out his throat. Just beeps and bloops to anyone not wired to take the info that way.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?Just keep out of trouble and report anything that M.E.C.H. does or plans to do to Optimus.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?You were operating under the name of Grant Milton, working as an analysis agent of the CIA. That's the human spy thing they do.
You'd managed to get high up enough in the echelons where they drop the "Earth is a battlefield for a secret alien war" bomb on you. Though, you already knew that given your actual line of work.
You get "sprung" and run with a whole bunch of data - all junk intel meant to look legit as possible. They let you in on their plans, you share them with us.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?...
-Blinks and starts pacing a little-
Okay, okay, okay. Give me a sec.
Grant Milton is a CIA analyst who doesn't exist. Russel Warn is ex-military who works for M.E.C.H who's pretending to be Milton. I'm pretending to be Russel for the Autobots, and you're pretending to be me.
...
Oh god...
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-Pinches the bridge of his nose- That's about five layers of bullshit.
...Dunno how I'm gonna deal with the Bumblebee thing.
Oh — I can use both hands interchangeably but I usually favour my right for writing stuff, in case you have to write something. That's always the mistake they make in books, right?
Write? Like, with a pen.
-This generation and their penmanship-
-Back in your day, you wrote your letters by hand, and this is your legacy?-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?I use both hands. Why would I have two hands and only use one?
And, uh, Autobots don't generally work with paper and pencil. It's all on screens and keyboards.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?...
This is going to be a real hard time. Last chance to bow out and let me take the heat.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?Ah- very well.
-stands up and leans against the tree- I figured I'd catch you here and now, when I saw you.
But, fair enough. I suppose it indeed wasn't so important.
Have you heard anything following your delivery of those clockwork heads?
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this post

You don't know any robot languages I should know, right?