"He had no right--no right--to say something like that to you," Ratchet says, his voice harsh before he controls it carefully, his fingers squeezing tight on Optimus'. He forces himself to loosen his grip after a moment, cycling his vents slowly. Yelling at Optimus certainly wasn't going to help anyone.

"He's wrong," he says flatly. "He's wrong, and he did something incredibly stupid and reckless and irresponsible, and instead of accepting that and apologizing he's lashing out in a petty attempt to shift blame. It's pathetic, and quite frankly even after everything else I expected better of him. But that's not true, Optimus, and he should know it."