Understanding Humans
Part I -Tears

"Sam?"

"Yes, Bumblebee?"

"What are tears good for?"

"Uhm... Well, you know, it's ... damn, this sounds stupid – it's like windscreen wiper liquid? Uhm, well, not quite, but it's there to clean your eyes."

"Aha."

"Yeah."

"Does it hurt?"

"What?"

"What humans call crying? Cleaning optics?"

"Hu? What makes you think?"

"Humans get worried when they see others clean their optics."

"Uhm, no, that's not like ... Okay, forget about windscreen wiper and stuff, when people cry it's – it's a sign they are very sad. Mostly... Or very happy."

"A indicator for sadness or happiness?"

"Yes, sort of. But there are some girls who also cry for nothing just to get their way, you know, like little girls and so, or big ones too..."

"Why would they do this?"

"Because – uhm – men don't like to see women cry, okay? It sort of – troubles us."

"So it's a sonic weapon?"

"NO – no, no... not like that... Damn – okay, it's like – what do you do if you really want to have something?"

"I take it."

"No, if it belongs to, lemme see, Optimus, and you want to have it, but he doesn't want to hand it over – what do you do to make him change his mind?"

"I do not long for anything Optimus possesses."

"Common Bumblebee, just play along, what do Autobots - uhm, maybe autobot girls - do　to get their way?"

"Fight?"

-sigh-

"Except fighting? Don't you use to say things like 'I will be nice to you if you give me that' or 'I will hate you forever if you don't allow me to do this'?"

"Ah, so this is about psychological warfare!"

"I give up... Let's drive home bumblebee, I try to explain it to you another time..."