Onyxstorm is staring at the other. Optics narrowed into slits. "You give me a wannabe captain vibe."
The black mech looked over to the other.
He didnt really need much of an explination, Rodimus already knew he was forged to lead, he could feel it burning in his ember and engraved deep within his coding. But his status as a 'leader' was stripped from him long ago, and now his current position was a mockery of what it used to be. All the Autobots were just a means to an end here. You might be rolling high and mighty one day, but circumstances could change in an instant, and once your usefulness has finally run out, so would your ember.
Within Optimus's ranks, there was no such thing as 'harmony' or 'balance', only very thin lines, or tethers, that could be stripped away in an instant. This was something rodimus knew well. He seen it and lived it every day, and once, he too, almost became a memory, they were even clearing a spot on the wall for him. He's only still here because one of Optimus's advisors convinced him that rodimus still had some use.
So to say he didn't want to lead a group again, if even a small one, was a lie. If given a chance he would take it and run with it until he couldn't anymore, because offlining on his own terms was much more preferable than the only other option he currently had.