He eyes up the welding tool with some trepidation, but does as he asks, huffing thoughtfully. "It was the one with the Autobot badge," he rumbles, answering the question that Ratchet hadn't asked. "Which, I can only assume that is a feature that the other one lacks... unless he has always been one of your ilk in your universe...?" As usual Starscream is trying to sound conversational, but, no matter the effort he puts in, he always just comes off sounding skeezy.