#day 103

If he faces Wing, he knows he will change his mind, or at least consider his ideas. It will make Drift conflicted, and he doesn’t want that, he wants to say loyal to the Decepticons (even if said loyalty is already breaking), because they’re really the only thing that he knows now.

As well as all of that, Wing is talking down on the war he has spent years fighting, proving that, in the long run, fighting really wasn’t the answer. To Drift, Wing is disregarding all of the hardships he’s faced, and telling him that his decision to fight was wrong, the way he’s spent his life so far has been wrong (though, of course, Wing didn’t say it so bluntly (at least not in this part)), but even so it would have hurt Drift to hear.

However, when Wing offers something Drift has always yearned for, tells him that the thing he fights for already exists, Drifts composure changes. He still has his arms crossed but they’re more relaxed, and his expression isn’t one of anger anymore, it looks like a defeated sadness. Like he’s accepted that what Wing is saying is true, because he want to believe it is. He put up a front, but slowly let himself lose it the more Wing seems truthful and sympathetic.

He turns to face Wing more and more when Wing continues to say truths that Drift hasn’t been brave enough to say out loud. Even in this small scene, this one page even, you can see the stages of denial and defeated acceptance that Drift goes through. He changes his composure so quickly that you have to ask yourself, was he really all that loyal to the cause? Or was he, as Deadlock, just addicted to the power Megatron gave him?

Ceasefire Day 65 | Day 103 US-Israel war with Iran (Operation Epic Fury / Operation Roaring Lion) - June 11, 2026

1. Iran carried out retaliatory strikes targeting U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan.

2. CENTCOM earlier launched attacks against multiple targets in Iran, saying the strikes were in self-defense.

3. The U.S. military conducted airstrikes for the second consecutive night, targeting surveillance, communication, and air defense sites in Iran.

4. Iran reported attacks in the port city of Bandar Abbas, on Qeshm Island targeting radar installations, and in the southern towns of Sirik and Minab, as well as in Karaj, west of Tehran.

5. U.S. President Donald Trump warned that U.S. attacks could resume if a deal is not reached, adding that the military may again target critical infrastructure.

6. Israel continues its attacks, targeting Hezbollah fighters and infrastructure in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley region.

Updated cumulative deaths/injuries/displaced people in Iran War as of June 11, 2026:

Iran (3,636-6,000+/26,500+/ 3,200,000), Israel (61/9,026), US (15/543), Lebanon (3,696/11,072/ 1,200,000+), Hezbollah / PMF (2,500), UAE (13/227), Kuwait (11/182), Bahrain (3/42), Iraq/PMF (119+/370), Oman (9/18), Saudi Arabia (3/29), Jordan (0/29), Qatar (0/20); Turkey (3/0); Syria (2/1); Serbia (1/0); Spain (0/2); Azerbaijan (0/4); Palestine West Bank (14/15); Kurdistan (18/93); UNIFIL in Lebanon (2 French, 4 Indonesians death/11 injured); Southeast Asian Workers: Philippines (2/0), Bangladesh (2/1), Pakistan (1 death), Nepal (1 death), France (3/9); Chinese national (1 death in Iran); Seafarers: India nationals: (4/0) Indonesian (6/1); Iranian sailors (87/32, 61 missing from US submarine sinking of IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka).

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