[ he huffs, fingers spreading to allow drift's to slip between them. ] Those slagging crystals say otherwise. [ it doesn't matter how long he's with drift, he's pretty sure he's never going to find his religion anything but ridiculous. but.. as much as it makes ratchet roll his optics, it also gives drift some measure of peace, so.. he puts up with it the same way drift puts up with his more annoying traits.
the concern in drift's tone is telling, in a way, confirming something ratchet had already suspected from his partner's emotional response to his arrival. ratchet is almost definitely dead at drift's point in the timeline, and drift is struggling to cope with it. ]
I'm fine, [ he assures him impatiently, his free hand falling to the other mech's shoulder and squeezing gently despite the brusqueness of his voice. ] I'm not injured, and I'd barely gotten started there.
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the concern in drift's tone is telling, in a way, confirming something ratchet had already suspected from his partner's emotional response to his arrival. ratchet is almost definitely dead at drift's point in the timeline, and drift is struggling to cope with it. ]
I'm fine, [ he assures him impatiently, his free hand falling to the other mech's shoulder and squeezing gently despite the brusqueness of his voice. ] I'm not injured, and I'd barely gotten started there.