A bewildered uhhh is all Drift manages at the news of all the Tyrest business -- Pharma survived Delphi? And right, the whole cold-constructed killswitch thing...but as soon as Ratchet mentions the Circle of Light and what became of them, Drift freezes, his optics paling.

"Dai Atlas is..." Dead? is what doesn't make it out of his vocalizer. His hands close over the sword hilts at his hips, clenching tight. His face is still, and it's hard to tell if it's anger or sorrow behind it. "How many survived? How did this happen, Ratchet?"

He should have been there. If they'd found the Circle of Light -- he should have been there. He couldn't possibly have, not after Overlord, but maybe if he'd been there, Dai Atlas might still be alive.