He knew his helm had been peaceful for far too long... things were going so well. He was making friends, he had two carries--the insecticons ready to emerge any day now... things were almost peaceful.
But then the pain started, that horrible, searing pain in his helm, that pain that told him to try to purge as much information into the backup drive as he could--but of course things would still get lost. He could write all he wanted to about mecha he knew, but the feelings that came with it? Those couldn’t be translated.
He screamed as he drove digits into his helm while the firewall ate, and ate, and ate away his life, the bit of sanctuary he’d managed to work up, and then he’s out cold in his room until his processor resets and allows him to wake.