The quavering voice brings Aftermath's attention back to the mech. There's a peculiar moment where the words just sounded like gibberish to him, a language he'd never encountered.

And then it just sounded like standard Cybertronian.

Aftermath sits there for a moment, baffled by the development. Was it the pain dampeners? Did the mech actually know Cybertronian after all?

He decides to shrug it off for the time being; there was time for speculation and questions later. Gently setting the small mech's helm down on the ground, the truck-former sits back on his heels.

"You've been hit by an EMP of some sort. You should wait until your systems have rebooted before moving."