Okay, so Ratchet's not laughing. That doesn't really feel like a good thing right now.

"Yes," he says, with a little more emphasis this time, "and because you know I wouldn't throw any of those things away for a trivial reason, you see how important it was. I know what you're thinking, Ratchet, but it was important. It isn't all clear to me still, but this whole quest, the search for the Knights of Cybertron...it can't happen without Rodimus. He has to stay with the Lost Light. I couldn't afford to put any of that in jeopardy by being selfish."