"Of course not!" Megatron snaps. The concept is -- absurd. Of course some part of him can't help but enjoy the thought, but that's exactly why it bothers him so much... that some other instance of himself might have had that kind of positive bond with Optimus -- and yet still thrown it away, apparently.

One of his hands forms a fist without his really thinking about it.

"Preposterous," he insists. "The very idea."