Velocity jumped a little in surprise and stared at Optimus. "Not many people have said that to me before," she said slowly, thinking of Riptide and Ratchet and Nautica and Windblade and, in his own way, her favorite of the Megatrons. He wouldn't have invited her along if she really was stupid, right...? "Thank you, it- That's... really nice..." She hunched a bit, feeling overwhelmed for no good reason. He was just being nice!
She then shuttered her optics uncertainly at his next question. "What? Oh! Well, I, um-"
She shuffled a bit in her seat, but while she was guiltily casting about for a reasonable sounding lie, a thought occurred to her. It took her a bit because she wasn't exactly the best at reading nonverbal cues (or verbal ones, either, if you asked her former classmates and professors and) but slowly it percolated that Optimus wasn't being genuine. At all.
Her expression fell, and Velocity looked away, one arm coming up to hug herself. "You aren't- you aren't making fun of me, are you? Only, everybody used to. They used to pretend to be friendly and wear fake smiles when they invited me places or complimented my research papers or... everything."
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She then shuttered her optics uncertainly at his next question. "What? Oh! Well, I, um-"
She shuffled a bit in her seat, but while she was guiltily casting about for a reasonable sounding lie, a thought occurred to her. It took her a bit because she wasn't exactly the best at reading nonverbal cues (or verbal ones, either, if you asked her former classmates and professors and) but slowly it percolated that Optimus wasn't being genuine. At all.
Her expression fell, and Velocity looked away, one arm coming up to hug herself. "You aren't- you aren't making fun of me, are you? Only, everybody used to. They used to pretend to be friendly and wear fake smiles when they invited me places or complimented my research papers or... everything."