That's the problem, isn't it? You never know what your decisions will bring. No one knows this better than Optimus Prime. How could he have known that releasing a wrongly arrested miner would have such far reaching consequences? Said miner believed that he was doing the right thing - fixing the wrongs of this world when really he simply made them worse.

[ his voice isn't rising to match Drift's of course. Megatron isn't even moving to stand. if that means his position is below the other, then so be it. ]

But this need to make amends through your yet to be made choices with Wing belittles the sacrifice he made for you. It's not living as well belittles your feelings towards him.