"He was a garbage Decepticon in the first place, apparently." Ratchet shrugs. "He only joined up to be able to acquire materials to build the time machine. Once it was done, he was fine with breaking it off. Though, if you don't remember the hearing, I suppose you don't--hmmm."

Ratchet watches Magnus' face for a long, considering moment before his optics almost soften slightly.

"How do you feel?" His optics light. "And it's not supposed to be a trick question, for the record."