[Transformers] "Excuse me, young man. I need to speak with your friends- /the large ones./"
Rider stared up at the helmeted figure who stood in the doorway. Instinctively he felt himself at a disadvantage, having been disarmed so quickly to try and dismiss any allegations of any present Cybertronians. But he knew implicitly what the voice was asking of him, it was phrased just right.
“…Well, they aren’t here, at the moment,” Rider offered tentatively, his voice steady and his words paced carefully. “I actually…don’t keep them around here. It’s unsafe. How did you know about them? Are you from the government?”
His parents were out of the house, a point that he knew restricted his options, and was a fact he knew not to reveal for the sake of prudence. As it was he was uncomfortable with how someone could have already questioned him this deeply about the whole issue. “They haven’t harmed anybody, I swear! They’ve just been hiding, is all. For their safety and for others,” he added quickly.
