Soundwave smiles fondly at Ravage before he speaks, because he wants her to know that none of the things he's about to bring up still bother him.
"Is it possible that Joe is more hurt by the way in which you stray from the bond, than the actual fact that you've done so? Ravage and I got together when we were young, and she'd been very badly hurt before, and I didn't expect her to want to be with anyone else. We've worked it all out, and we're fine now--we have set the boundaries we needed to, and they're working. The first time that happened, it was with someone we were both very strongly attracted to, so we both just went with it. But we should have spent more time talking about it, both with him and just with each other. It also used to bother me when she developed a taste for the casual, but we worked that out, too. Joe can talk to me, if he'd like."
Ravage catches his meaning. "I was hurt sexually too," she says, very quietly. "Before I met him. I'm sorry that happened to you, but it's wonderful, isn't it, finding that something that hurt you so much in the past can bring so much joy?"
She sighs. "It's an integral part of Decepticon philosophy that who you are should not be decided by the shape of your physical body, and that no-one should have to change their physical body to change their status unless they want to. I think I have writings you might want to read on this topic, though alt-mode and gender are different."
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"Is it possible that Joe is more hurt by the way in which you stray from the bond, than the actual fact that you've done so? Ravage and I got together when we were young, and she'd been very badly hurt before, and I didn't expect her to want to be with anyone else. We've worked it all out, and we're fine now--we have set the boundaries we needed to, and they're working. The first time that happened, it was with someone we were both very strongly attracted to, so we both just went with it. But we should have spent more time talking about it, both with him and just with each other. It also used to bother me when she developed a taste for the casual, but we worked that out, too. Joe can talk to me, if he'd like."
Ravage catches his meaning. "I was hurt sexually too," she says, very quietly. "Before I met him. I'm sorry that happened to you, but it's wonderful, isn't it, finding that something that hurt you so much in the past can bring so much joy?"
She sighs. "It's an integral part of Decepticon philosophy that who you are should not be decided by the shape of your physical body, and that no-one should have to change their physical body to change their status unless they want to. I think I have writings you might want to read on this topic, though alt-mode and gender are different."