[ oh... well. coughs a little, shifting his weight. kinda awkward, but he understands the sentiment all the same. ]

Yeah, about that. I got carried away. It's funny because... I never wanted to be the leader.

[ in fact he had been so surprised. Bumblebee hadn't thrown his name in to be voted for at all. ]

I think what started as a desire to do the right thing that I was bound by duty to do, it turned into this obsession.