[ Knock Out doesn't point out that he would absolutely withhold energon under certain circumstances from a select few mechs if they happened to make an appearance. ]

You're not the first imPort to think that way.

You know, they didn't give Riptide energon at first either. It wasn't until after I arrived and they agreed to furnish me with weekly rations. I told him to ask them again, and that's when they agreed to do so for him as well.