Shatter's awkward smile fell. True enough,...
"...many...suffered, under what our other self did. Be it being unable to pursue the life they wanted, to the oppression, to taking some offline to keep the ruse going..." He trailed off for a moment, only to shake his helm. Nothing could be done about that. All he could do was-- try to move forward. Try to help Iacon,- help Cybertron- move forward. "...it would be putting it mildly to say the small one got a bad impression, thanks to our other self."
He could still feel the memory at the back of his processor. Granted to him after so long, but Primus, he hated it.
"I'll save the details for if Aether ever approaches you properly- it is their story to tell, not mine-, but- in essence, they were nearly murdered by Sentinel- and spent a very, very long time isolated on the surface thanks to our alternate." He'd just count himself happy they had apparently kept to the promise.
"They're comfortable with me, so they visit my office often...hence, getting those documents moved so you can access them without running into Aether." Well, he'd not expected explaining this to his alternate today, but...was what it was.
Really had to get them used to his other self...he'd sort it out.