"Good. I got a reputation to keep." Whirl flinches in spite of himself, but his head tilts and his eyes widen when he realizes that feels less tight and weird than it did before.

It's not a lot, but Whirl is pretty used to constant discomfort and any reprieve at all is something.

He's not at all able to hide the fact that he's looking weirdly pleased as he opens and closes that hand a few times, and Ratchet begins on the other.

"....See hornhead is hopeless, and once you figure that out, he's tolerable. And he looks at Panic button all the time like he's hiding the matrix and Primus and all that under his plates. It's hilarious. "