[And now he's going to get a little bit serious, smile disappearing as he moves to take a seat. Trion follows and climbs up to sit beside him, peering at him curiously.]

Well..the war's over, like I said.

But, okay, let me back up. So, Optimus almost died, not long after the stuff with the star saber. The 'Cons found our base and blew it up. Optimus had us all bridge out and he stayed behind...I, ah..didn't listen and headed back through and managed to drag him out of there before the 'Cons found him.