"That's a crock of shit and we both know it." Verity did not specify on if she had called out Ratchet's assertion that he was alright, or that she was safe. The only implication that it was the latter was that she had the presence of mind to look a tab bit guilty when she brushed his attempts at comfort off.

"Ambus," She piped up after a drawn out silence, "Magnus taught me all there was to know about the Ambus test back when we still talked - when I had too many questions."

Bottom lip sucked between her teeth she blew air through her nose trying to stamp out some recent recollection of what she had been doing back on Earth. "That's how I've been finding facsimiles...anything to keep the Decepticons from getting the upper hand, right?"

Wreck n' Rule - it was a lifelong commitment. What she found on Earth made one thing abundantly clear - there was no such thing as 'safe.'

"Quest sounds so PG - what's this about?"