“Hm? Oh, yes, it is I, Grimlock… and so much more now.” Grimlock looked idly upward for a moment and tapped his chin thoughtfully. “To be specific, that would be ‘so much more than you, now’. It does appear that there are certain linguistic idiosyncrasies that I, Grimlock, am still stuck with, however. But mustn’t complain too much, wot? Especially since this upgrade comes with…”

The jewel on Grimlock’s chest hissed, rotating slowly within its frame, revealing a glowing, pulsating red ball of energy within.

Blurr rubbed his remaining optic and stared. “By the… an ember? You’re alive?!”

“So it would appear, my monocular misanthrope. I, Grimlock, now possess all that which I, Grimlock, was once denied by designers and circumstance at large.”

Cliffjumper moved to Sideswipe’s side and leaned in. “So what do we do about this?” Cliffjumper hissed.

Sideswipe shook his head slowly. “I… I don’t know.”



- Dungeons & Dinobots