If you really wish me to be quiet, Starscream, I can do that. But what is the real issue here?

[Pause, and even Jetfire's wandering hands still.]

I... apologize, if I've been keeping... er, closer to you the last few days than you feel comfortable with...

[He could admit that. Ironhide's little explosion had perhaps hit closer to home than he'd thought. He'd come to peace with it from his fellow Autobots, but it was suddenly surprisingly charged when the accusation came from an Autobot he didn't technically know.]