Ratchet stares at Rodimus for a long moment before he curses softly and looks away, his face set in a scowl.
"That idiot," he mutters, but there's more pain than rancor in his voice and he leans hard on a crutch to press a palm over his face for a moment, scrubbing hard before he drops his hand again.
"Should've guessed," he says. "Of course he's do something stupid like that. He's stubborn--not surprised you couldn't talk him out of it. He tried to face Overlord on his own, y'know, tried to make me lock myself in the medibay before everyone else showed up." He shakes his head, his face twisting, and he has to turn away, his whole chassis aching, throat constricted for a long moment before he shakes it off.
"I'm leaving," he says shortly, his optics on Rodimus' face. "It's the last thing I remember, before I was dumped here, settling in at the shuttle. I talked to some people, turned the title of CMO over to First Aid--I don't think he knows yet, so don't mention it to him please--queued up the signal for Drift's shuttle to track it and was about to take off. He deserves to know he can come home, no matter why he left."
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"That idiot," he mutters, but there's more pain than rancor in his voice and he leans hard on a crutch to press a palm over his face for a moment, scrubbing hard before he drops his hand again.
"Should've guessed," he says. "Of course he's do something stupid like that. He's stubborn--not surprised you couldn't talk him out of it. He tried to face Overlord on his own, y'know, tried to make me lock myself in the medibay before everyone else showed up." He shakes his head, his face twisting, and he has to turn away, his whole chassis aching, throat constricted for a long moment before he shakes it off.
"I'm leaving," he says shortly, his optics on Rodimus' face. "It's the last thing I remember, before I was dumped here, settling in at the shuttle. I talked to some people, turned the title of CMO over to First Aid--I don't think he knows yet, so don't mention it to him please--queued up the signal for Drift's shuttle to track it and was about to take off. He deserves to know he can come home, no matter why he left."