Breakdown's assurances mean more than most. Still, though he might not come right out and say it, part of him does feel responsible for Breakdown's extended stay with TRIDENT. It's the only thing he's sincerely sorry about. He doesn't feel particularly bad about his Decepticon truancy beyond the immediate consequences at Megatron's hands. But Breakdown...well, they've always looked out for one another, and Knock Out had dropped the ball in a bag way.

"Mmm," is all he says, rather noncommittally, as he runs the buffer over Breakdown's arm, falling silent for a moment as he just focuses on the task at hand. Then he smiles slightly, that hard edge still in his optics. "Well," he says lightly then, "it's in the past now anyway, isn't it? We'll just have to make sure we make up for lost time."

He thinks the lives of the TRIDENT scientists responsible for Breakdown's condition when they'd met up again should be a nice start.