MAYBE HE IS, MAYBE HE ISN'T. ONLY TIME WILL TELL. It takes a few more seconds, but he manages to put himself back together and flexes his hand a few times to make sure all his fingers still worked. They're still all broken, but at least they respond to the pistons moving. Ow.

He watches Optimus for a second. Nope, still no idea how to describe his trip home without sounding completely insane.

"You first."