[Ratchet notices the flinch, but puts it down to surprise, focussing more on getting things sealed up. He's fast, if nothing else, efficiency born from years of experience coming to the fore, and soon enough he's done. He marks the ebbing flow of energon with a grim little nod.]

There. That's most of the emergency work done. Fixing you up all the way's going to take quite a bit more work, but I just want to focus on getting you movable right now.

[He raises his head to look for Depth Charge.]

A couple welds to close that up, then when that other mech comes back, we ought to be able to transport you back to the medbay.

[He's going to proceed with those welds now, Max, and hope that the light and the smell aren't going to freak you out. If they do, he'll stop.]