Neither of them seems to quite know what the other means. Magnus, for his part, can't recall there ever having been a time Perceptor spent by the Rust Sea. He can't recall any mines near the sea, either. And this Perceptor doesn't seem to understand that Magnus is talking about the other captured Autobots.

"I was… I was just in the mines," Magnus says slowly, not looking at Perceptor now but off to one side, bewildered. Something a little like fear nips at his spark. Something strange is going on. "In my cell. We've all been there for – since Megatron returned." His head throbs, a combination of low fuel and fatigue and confusion, and he lifts one hand to gently cup the side of his helm. "I thought you'd escaped, or… you were working on getting us all out. I don't understand…"