For the first time in stellar cycles, Depth Charge thanked Primus. Apparently, Lockdown hadn't spent enough time on earth to check out the wildlife.

"It's an organic creature. Ocean-based," he explained, less defensive now that he could be sure that the Decepticon wasn't going to be getting any overly-cutesy ideas, "though I had a third hover mode too. Not that I got much of a choice- the Earth I landed on didn't have anything but animals on it." Then, curiosity winning out, he tilted his head to one side. "So the Earth you knew had vehicles. Primitive scrap, I'm guessing?"