[TF] Consortium 7/10

Consortium
Chapter Seven

“You look tired,” Ultra Magnus murmurs as they sit in the sun room, watching the simulated sun rise over the red-banded arch of simulated mountains.

It had been a brilliant idea, to turn the largest window in the sun room into a holographic display, but there’s a sense of uncanny valley to it. Optimus knows it’s not real, so the view doesn’t settle his spark as much as a real view might.

“It’s difficult,” Optimus admits, only to Ultra Magnus, here in the relative privacy of the early morning. As far as he knows, they are the only ones awake.

“Which part?”

Optimus sighs and rubs along his central seam. “Four spark merges in close succession,” he says. “I know the Matrix is built to support these bonds, but it still takes a toll on my spark.”

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