As a general rule, Drift tries to go with the flow of things. There's a grand design to the universe, one that most of them just aren't far enough away to see, but Drift has faith. Faith that is, admittedly, currently being tested by the appearance of Megatron, of all people. Drift has to assume that Megatron showing up here is part of that grand design, though being dragged into a truly embarrassing public confrontation -- in which Megatron had called him Deadlock, in front of all those people -- is obscuring his vision a bit. The public and private halves of that conversation had been equally harrowing. Megatron's known him too long, knows how to get under his plating, and Drift can just feel the negative energy generated from that confrontation clogging up his aura, bringing him badly off center. Normally, he'd do something meditative like kata or, well, actual meditation, but right now...right now he just really needs to hit stuff.

Luckily, there's stuff to hit in the gym that can withstand a bit of a beating from a Cybertronian. And a few hours of it does help. Some tension just needs to be worked out physically, and Drift doesn't exactly have a sparring partner here. But at this point, he's not just working off the tension, he's actively avoiding going back to his biome, because Megatron is far too close to home. He isn't really ready to deal with the Decepticon again just yet.

He's just stepping back to cool off for a bit when Wash decides to strike up a conversation with what is a top contender for worst opening line to Drift ever along with Shepard's. But Shepard didn't manage to land on a topic this deeply personal, or one this sore. Drift just stares at Wash for a moment, and then, instead of lying, cheerfully ignoring the question, or even telling the truth, he just says, "Is there a reason humans start conversations with personal questions in gyms or is there some kind of cultural thing I'm missing?"