[Realization hits Smokescreen like a ton of bricks and he immediately transforms, optics dim as he backs up some, feeling a sharp twist to his spark.]

I didn't--what I meant was--he.......the last time I was here...Optimus arrived not long after I did but he--he didn't have a glyph like the rest of us. There were others like him--other glyph less and they ended up....going crazy.

[His voice is weak and laced with static, the young bot unable to look at Ratchet.]

Optimus he--he asked Bulkhead and I to....to...he....