Lugnut clenched his human hands unconsciously, a dully miserable feeling bubbling up in his fuel tank, like low-grade lead-heavy fuel. "You helped," he mumbled, "I owe you for that. And..."

He glanced sideways at Depth Charge. "My liege hasn't... ordered anything, yet. And... and if you keep your head down..." The words came out slowly, Lugnut dragging them out of himself by force of will. It wasn't... disloyal, telling an Autobot to not make trouble, it wasn't....