Oh. Good. Now they'll never leave you alone. Looks like you have a talent.

[What was that? A genuine compliment?? It was, despite the fact Sideswipe is pretty backhanded about it. He's even padded up out of the water to sit in the sand, with his tail coiled around him in a neat circle.]

[Glancing around at the elder dragons watching them. Almost warily.]

... also go easy on the meat-eating or I'm going to have to answer a lot of stupid questions.

[GEEZ SIDESWIPE.]