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This is Optimus Prime...





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I understand the need to avoid being idle. [to an uncomfortable degree.] But perhaps doing so will help you look inward and see these things that are harming you with a more rational approach.

[he is not unaware of the irony of him telling someone to stop and look at what's hurting them rather than continuing to ignore it with work. but-- optimus does genuinely think it might help her.]

I think so. Those in positions of authority have the responsibility of watching the well-being of those under them. Teachers are not there to just relay information to their students, it's their responsibility to ensure that it's done so in a way that each student understands and accommodate where necessary. [he lets her take his hand... hers is so small in his. and yet, he thinks, if her mental health isn't 100% their responsibility, it still seems like she was failed where she should not have been.] Students are meant to feel safe and heard, to facilitate their learning and trust in those who are imparting the knowledge.

[it doesn't always work out that way, but there is a very bare minimum that needs to be reached. he just hopes that she will take this time to take the action she needs to help herself.]

[tenthtimeisthecharm]

[Velocity hugged her knees to her chest with her other hand, and buried the lower half of her face into them]

I- [A swallow, and she went on in a wavering voice] I wish there were people like you thee when I went to school. I wish that-

[...Well. No. She didn't wish the bad things hadn't happened at all, because that was how she'd met Nautica and Windblade. Couldn't have one without the other]

...I'll need to think about this more, I think. But you've helped me do that clearer. So. Thank you, very much.

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[he doesn't have anything to say to that, not really. optimus stays quiet for a moment while velocity verbally works herself out.]

You are important too, Velocity. How you feel matters too. [he says, with enough conviction that she might struggle to doubt that he truly means his words.] We can sit here for a while longer. Do not rush yourself.

[tenthtimeisthecharm]

[Velocity almost immediately tucks into a tighter ball at what he said, and leans closer until her helm gently taps against Optimus' plating]

Do you think I could start mattering tomorrow? [The joke is quiet and muttered into her knees, but it was something, anyway]