"I have put far too much time and effort into establishing myself as a productive member of this society to throw it all away by eating someone now," Tarantulas points out, speaking briskly as if this is an old, worn conversation that he's already tired of. "Predation may be effective in emergencies, but it's terrible optics -- especially when may one have to explain themselves to their food the next day. I have no intention of eating you even if the opportunity should arise."

He laughs, however, at Purple's question. "I certainly have!" he says, voice warming. "As well car-people, shuttle-people, even a space station-person or three. I suppose this must be your first exposure to Cybertronians, you poor thing? We're a highly variable species, very specialized at the individual level. I wish I could say it's made us wonderful generalists as a whole, but alas. The dominant culture of the planet, not to mention our world government, has been trending towards authoritarianism for the last ten or twelve million years."