... That is a point I, admittedly, hadn't wanted to consider yet, at least not fully.

[Jetfire nods at that, and is clearly about to answer when something else like Starscream finding out he's here too and accusing him of being part of the trap distracts him.]

I would... ah. Er, perhaps in a bit? I just had... Apparently a friend is here too.

[That seems the easiest way of phrasing it for the moment, though he can't see Ironhide and Starscream somehow not meeting, or even talking. But currently, he needs to make sure Starscream stays put.]