I do possess an understanding of basic medical routines and knowledge of Cybertronian anatomy. Not to mention, I had somewhat of a personal stake in the matter...

[BUT WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THAT.]

[Instead, he peers around one of the displays, regarding Magnus almost skeptically.]

You have an infection. Infestation. Whichever the proper term is -- I've never seen such a thing in my own universe, so. Forgive me if I'm not terribly precise.

In fact, I was forced to peruse the libraries here to even find a suitable designation for these... things... which I did, of course.

[Ahem.]

Nanocons, I believe they're called.