It takes Krok a second or two before he catches on to what Ironhide says, and then he just stares at the big red Autobot for a moment, speechless, too stunned even to finish standing. It's a gesture he certainly never expected.

"You… you don't have to," he murmurs, humbled, looking down to the broken thing in his hand. After all the shouting and the accusations, Ironhide still intends to stand by? For him? It's like Ironhide and Ratchet have some plan to completely dismantle Krok's long-held opinion of Autobots by treating him with decency. "Stay, that is. I'm…." Fine on his own? Able to defend himself? Really, he could argue self-defence until the sun burns out and he's still relatively certain he'd be found at fault. Finally, he just says, "I don't want to impose."