"They all say that; most of them are wrong, but I'm fairly confident you possess the processing power to learn by means other than physical correction," he said, seemingly taking little offense to the suggestion that he wasn't good for anything but smacking troops into line. He was very good at that. Of course, he often dealt with like-minded heavy machinery that responded well to being beaten back into working order.

"As for what I'd suggest, it depends on the extent of your current emotional capacity. What makes you feel, Shockwave?"