[Was he treating his own body as some sort of object? If a truck could straighten with discomfort, the slight shift in its tires would be the nearest equivalent.]

This is how I was forged, Red Savarin. Cybertronians are sentient beings with the same legal rights as organics.

[He shouldn't bring up rules from another universe. They don't apply here--]

In addition, the sharing of Cybertronian technology with planets with which we do not hold a partnership violates the second clause of the Tyrest Accord. [This was his main job. He can't forget that law.]