"C'mon. You're stronger than you might realize. Sure you'd've been all right, Soundwave."

He'd made his way through Axiom without Barricade, after all. Though he's pretty glad to be here, if only for the opportunity to reconnect with one of his old friends.

He can't exactly see it as a bad thing that he was here in time to repair Soundwave after what had happened, either. Or explain the situation to Ratchet as much as he could to keep things from getting... hairy.