more than meets the eye

@whirlyhopper​: "I agree! Here, hold this grenade!"

“I was stealing getting pumpkins.”

whirlyhopper: "Wait, really?" Their antennae perk, but they can't help but be suspicious. "You're... just gonna agree? That's it?"

“i’ll agree . . .

sometimes she doesn’t vocalize her suspicions just to keep the game going longer 

Whatever directionless anger they’d been wallowing in is gone immediately, to be replaced with subdued guilt. They limp closer, their uneven footsteps and the drag of one leg behind the other betraying what she cannot see.

“No, I–you didn’t… it’s fine. I’m sorry. I’m sorry, I’m not mad at you.”

Whirl nudges their helm against her servo, like they always do, wordlessly seeking forgiveness for their outburst. “See? I’m just dumb, you know I am. Everything’s fine, Percy.”

perceptor may not be able to see, but she could hear just fine. she used her hearing as a way to compensate for the vision loss. and so she heard the uneven footsteps and the leg drag immediately. 

and that just broke her spark even more. 

"you almost - . . .” her normal clipped tones and the deep timbres of her voice wavered and tapered off. with confusion and fear. whirl almost died. and she didn’t know. what’s worse, is that whirl didn’t tell her. 

if whirl had died, perceptor would not have been there. 

perceptor wasn’t there to help them. 

she failed whirl. 

     He was concerned she may have strained a joint by now, but she had not expressed pain, so hopefully not. Still, once she stopped moving, he stepped nearer to examine her trapped limb. Three of his hands curled under and held her against his chest, so she would not fall once freed, and his fourth picked at the tangle weed strands in an effort to loosen its hold.

     “Struggling did not improve your situation, little one. I might have to use a scalpel,” Ratchet murmured. “… Hwat is your name?”

the child huffed in frustration, unable to get free and starting to feel the uncomfortable pressure on her joints from the weight of the limb. 

“all tits and no ass -