Nexus. By the sign. Reporting

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Arcee watches Ratchet walk away from the alternate Prowl and the human woman, waiting till he drew near the couch before she stood and went to meet him, holding out the datachip that she'd come to deliver and offering him a slight smile. She hopes it doesn't look tired.

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"Easier said than done, though I'm sure the next thing that blows up will probably put my worries in that direction for a while." He tries force a small smile, attempting to joke, but the expression seems a bit empty on the whole. Storing the cell phone away along with everything else, Ratchet sighs as he prepares to dutifully head homeward again. All he can do at this point is hold his arms out to Arcee in an invitation for an embrace before he goes, seeing as how he's not sure he'll see her again before she leaves the Nexus. "One for the road?"

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Her own smile works a little bit better, but that's because there really is nothing behind it.

"Be careful," she tells him as she steps into the hug and gives him a strong squeeze around the chassis. "And take care of yourself. Or I'll call Communiqué about your tendency to forget you need to recharge."

It's perfectly acted... and perfectly empty. No snark, no warning look. Just some gentle teasing.

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"Kay is almost as much of a workaholic at times, but she's been helping me a little in medbay. We'll spot each other and remind about recharge time," he reassures her as she hugs him. As Ratchet pulls back, he turns a somewhat stern look on her, though he's still smiling a little. "And make sure you do call when you get where you're going. I'm not what I once was, but I've got half a crew behind me who can run for weeks hunting someone down."

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That last gets a scowl. "And what would happen to your city and the Allspark while you were wasting your time on me? Everything's going to be fine. I'm going to be fine."

She pushes away and steps back, feeling reassured despite her anger. There's someone to keep an eye on him and do the things that she can't do. He'll be alright.

"I'd better get back to my monitors."

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Ratchet mutters something about their ranks being raised by four recently, but says no more on the matter of potential ninjas and a hacker handling such dirty work. Having let that go, he hesitantly turns away to take his own leave. "I'll leave you to your own work, then. Be well, Arcee..."

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"I will be," she says softly, then looks back once as she heads back to the room over Blue's.