"Why are you sorry?" Knock Out sounded genuinely perplexed by the apology that seemed, to him, to come from nowhere. "For being overclocked? Everyone has to deal with that sometimes. I didn't—"

He'd almost said I didn't mean to make it worse, but in a way, that had sort of been exactly what he'd done even if he'd meant it as a tease.

A longer pause and then conscientiously he offered, "If you'd want some privacy, you only have to say so." He could... well, not go too far, but at least make the effort, if it would make Rogue feel better.