[ He will give a snort, rolling his eyes, as he waves a hand in a flippant gesture. ]

Of course I could have. We primarily looked for energon in mines. It would do no good if I couldn't make one, now would it?

[ He says that a bit testily as he gives pause by the edge of the hole. Starscream and caves...do not mix, he doesn't have very good memories of it. Considering Megatron almost off'd him in one, but he's not going to be shown up by a complete stranger either. He'll follow her in shortly afterward, his size doing nothing to help him at the moment. ]

Scavenging underground for scraps of energon... [ this totally reminds him of times best left forgotten if he's being honest with himself. Safe to say he'll just be grumbling to himself as he looks around for any signs of energon. ]