[The former shuttle sighs and sets down on his feet. He's tall for a human anyways.]

Look, Starscream. There is no we, right now. Okay? Your Jetfire- I'm not him. Let's just establish this. I've had different experiences, we may be similar, but please understand.

[It's more for the sake of his own peace of mind. Some things are still raw.]

And you don't need to tell me that Megatron was a glitch-head, I know. We all know. But I've heard this all before.

[How they'd make a shining return and everything would have been better- for a time, Skyfire had believed it. He had honestly believed in everything that had been said. But here he is- pulling the same thing he just told Starscream not to.]

I'm not going to pretend I know who you are, but you'll understand if I'm not terribly inclined to trust you.

That said, I'm not going to leave you to flounder.

[He did that to the last one, and it ended up biting him in the aft.]