It wasn't scrambling was it? By the Allspark, it was.

He puts a hand to his helm and shakes his head a little, offering a small smile.

"I...I am fine," he says, and there is the worry that he will stop there, but Ratchet gets special privileges and he's trying not to be weird about this. "I had already spoken to her in terms of...being willing to pursue what was between us. But the reality of it being put so starkly...has put me at ill ease."