Maybe so. He remembers helping save Thunderclash without ever having left this place. He remembers mentoring Velocity. He remembers leaving, defending Caminus as-- First Aid's body ached to combine. Deep down to his core he's felt wrong, alone.

He wonders if Ambulon feels like this frequently.

Distantly, he remembers the panicked instinct, the reach to try and combine when there were no others to combine with as Tarn twisted his fingers free.

"Have you recharged?"

Unpleasant thoughts had to be chased away.