"They give him a long enough name? I'm callin' him Torn. Easier to say."

And a terrible joke. He's not sure if it will have the intended effect, but hey. He tried.

"... What's he look like, anyway? Aside from the missing chunk out of his neck."

As he asks, he lets his hand gently smooth across the other bot's plating. He's never really known Ratchet to be rattled like this. So whoever this idiot is -- or was -- he's got to be more than just 'bad news'. More reason to look into it himself.