While everyone else was suitably distracted, Ratchet took it as his chance to move in closer, keeping to the shadows, so to speak, and keeping a careful eye that anything did break on whatever this doohickey was.

A... time machine, they said? Weird. And maybe kind of... useful.

But the Lombax was also very mechanically inclined, and he knew from experience that forcefully tearing a big piece of machinery open like that was not the best approach. Too many holes in his garage, plus Clank's lectures about crossing ion ducts in an enclosed area taught him that much.

So he stood up from his hiding spot, twisting his mouth in a concerned frown, then finally decided to speak out.

"I... wouldn't do that if I were you."