[Whirl lets go of the head when he's slapped but quickly catches it again so it wont go crashing to the ground because Whirl is a lot of things but he's not exactly planning on playing 'pick up parts of teebs'. In any other case? Riptide probably would've been smacked right back but there's sort of a more pressing issue distracting Whirl from the need to punch the boat in his face.]
YOU HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN ME. You would know better!
[Whirl's vocalizer still sounds like there's a horrible grinding quality to it, and his optic is narrowed as his entire head whips to make eye contact with Riptide and stare him down, probably clacking into him with the front of his helm in an attempt to make him back down, claws turned in their sockets to hold the head between his rotors without making it worse.
Whirl looks back down at the head, and then after a moment seems to arc his wrists in strange motions in an attempt to figure out how to set it down without crumpling some part in or damaging it worse, and clearly getting frustrated in the process.]
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YOU HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN ME. You would know better!
[Whirl's vocalizer still sounds like there's a horrible grinding quality to it, and his optic is narrowed as his entire head whips to make eye contact with Riptide and stare him down, probably clacking into him with the front of his helm in an attempt to make him back down, claws turned in their sockets to hold the head between his rotors without making it worse.
Whirl looks back down at the head, and then after a moment seems to arc his wrists in strange motions in an attempt to figure out how to set it down without crumpling some part in or damaging it worse, and clearly getting frustrated in the process.]