Circuits

However, the remark made Cyclonus realize he was far outside his normal behavior parameters; his systems were all badly askew. He drew a deep breath and focused on his internal power flows, one by one consciously forcing them to stability. It was not an easy task. “Whoa,” Ratchet said suddenly. “Look at—hey, are you doing that on purpose?”

“I am,” Cyclonus said, opening his eyes again.

“What?” Ironhide demanded. “What’s he doin’?”

“He’s consciously managing his power flow system,” Ratchet said. “I’d sure like to be able to do that for patients on the table. Do you have some kind of controller—no, it’s all that extra circuitry, isn’t it?” He shook his head. “Must come in handy.”

“What extra circuitry?” Ironhide said.

“He’s got about an order of magnitude more circuitry than any of us,” Ratchet said.