I respect that they're dead, isn't that enough?

[ Because honestly? He's been known to dismantle mechs before they've fully reached that stage before. ]

Why would it be weird? That's essentially my job description -- fix the living so they stay that way. If that requires parts from less fortunate mechs, so be it.

[ Which it almost always does, given how Team Prime goes through the Vehicons like... well, like cannon fodder. ]