It stings, hearing all this -- Drift doesn't know if it's any better or worse or different at all for hearing it from Ratchet. He covers his Autobrand with one hand, feeling the shape of it under his palm. He wonders what he'd look like without it.

"It's not that simple, either." His voice is heavy, his entire frame weighed down. "Look, Ratchet, I just -- this is a lot. I don't...I've got a lot to think about."