Krok has limits, yes. Painfully stretched and run thin, because he's an historian, a strategist, not a captain, and Fulcrum's getting a good look at all the ragged edges today. Still, he warms under the unexpected praise and looks away awkwardly, because he's not above feeling flattered when given acknowledgement.

"I know," he says. He doesn't add that he's not sure he can afford to have those limits any more – or at least not right now, not until things are settled and he knows problems like Chromedome are handled.