It's so crowded in here

TC: *bit of a frown but also almost nodding, it's as good if not better than he expected...but his optics go a bit hard at the last, a soft snort escaping him before he can catch it* Thank you, but I can handle myself. I've been facing things alone since the day I was sparked, long even before this pit-spawned collar. *he has Sun - and Warp - now of course but that's been so briefly recent compared to the span of his life as to almost not even count yet, and while he /is/ trined, they've been separated far more than they've been together, and support over the bond is invaluable but a trinemate about to be raped or beaten is still alone in facing it . . . huffs a soft vent, tension dropping from his shoulders and wings as he forces himself to let it go, passing a hand over his face* I don't expect anyone to trust or respect me. At best, both must be earned. *looks around - at the mechs, at the room, feeling the welcoming and the lack of threat or fear or malintent* But...if you are willingbto give me a chance, then...I will do the same. *small bow* Thank you.