Ratchet does relax when she touches his hand, his face softening helplessly.
"Yeah, it--we found it sort of by accident. Magnus was... badly hurt, in the fight with Overlord. Almost killed. His body disappeared out of the medibay, and we followed it to Luna-1. It turns out that Chief Justice Tyrest was not only set up there, but was also completely crazy and had made a killswitch built to drop everybody who'd been cold constructed dead. We took care of it, but it was kind of a mess. Magnus resigned afterward, gave the position of Duly Appointed Enforcer to... Fort Max, actually. He's doing a fine job, from what I've heard."
Something occurs to Ratchet and he stills, looking down at Verity and biting at the delicate microplating of his lip.
"Verity," he says after a brief hesitation. "...have you ever heard the name Minimus Ambus?"
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"Yeah, it--we found it sort of by accident. Magnus was... badly hurt, in the fight with Overlord. Almost killed. His body disappeared out of the medibay, and we followed it to Luna-1. It turns out that Chief Justice Tyrest was not only set up there, but was also completely crazy and had made a killswitch built to drop everybody who'd been cold constructed dead. We took care of it, but it was kind of a mess. Magnus resigned afterward, gave the position of Duly Appointed Enforcer to... Fort Max, actually. He's doing a fine job, from what I've heard."
Something occurs to Ratchet and he stills, looking down at Verity and biting at the delicate microplating of his lip.
"Verity," he says after a brief hesitation. "...have you ever heard the name Minimus Ambus?"