Magnus straightens up, a little taken aback at her hasty response. The insinuation that he would go against her orders at this stage in their mission was frankly insulting.

"Commander, I have not taken any action beyond the normal demands of my station, per your orders, but I urge you to consider the suspicion of Drift being completely unaware of Rodimus' whereabouts considering their history. The two have frequently collaborated on similarly questionable excursions and it would be remiss to ignore the precedence here."