For shifting his perspective. I was trying...but sometimes it takes an outside influence to get us thinking in different terms.

[It's as simple as that. Saying Megatron convinced Rodimus of anything is a gross simplification of the whole thing. Rodimus needed to come to his conclusions on his own, but getting out of that rut of fear wasn't something Drift had been succeeding with at all. If anything he was only making those ruts deeper.

Drift chuffs a soft laugh. He's glad he can laugh about this.]

He did. I was feeling bad, like I pushed him too far and managed to damage what we had. So I thought to repair things and set him at ease by doing the Amica Ritus. Heh. Needless to say he turned around on me before I could finish.