Wheeljack looked away for a moment with replying. When he looked back he opened his mouth, then closed it. When he spoke again it was uncertainly. "Ah. It was in one of the films I watched with Hashtag once, humans lit the thing on fire and made a promise. Did they invent that for the film?"

"In any case, it doesn't matter. I expect an equal effort to come back from both of us, wish or not. I shall be very disappointed if either one of us-" A pause and a firm shake of his head. "We'll be fine. You aren't going alone, correct? You will have your brothers and-" He paused again, with a slight frown. He'd heard that name before, or saw it somewhere, but the last few days were enough of a blur that it was hard to remember details like that. "And your friend. That will be more than enough."