"Perhaps they are," Megatron growled, "but you would do better to concern yourself with your own performance. I may decide this baseless accusation is worth pursuing, after all – I'm sure Soundwave can at least find the time for an extremely thorough security check, just to be certain, and who knows what insubordination and petty treachery that might uncover, hmm?" He dug the heel of his palm into Starscream's wing, just in case there was any doubt about what insubordination and treachery, exactly, he was referring to – "Treachery I might be more inclined to overlook if its perpetrator manages to prove his overconfidence has not overtaken his usefulness."