Wheeljack gave a jerk as his gaze snapped up to track and follow his lord, but even then it was almost an entire second behind his lord's words. "Decepticons. Breakdown said that to me. Attempted to comfort me. He-" A shudder. "I should speak to him, he-"

The ringing was back again, and he fell quiet and he stood as that train of thought washed away like footsteps in the tide line, or at least... most of it.

"I should-"

A twist in his spark that made him shudder. Made him reach out for his lord, though he didn't remember why, as soon as he'd done it.

"I should-"