Hatchworth hadn't really been doing anything in there, just sitting on his new bed in the dark and thinking. There was a lot to think about, even more than there had been when he first came back out into the world. Truth be told, he was profoundly grateful for the door...or perhaps relieved was the right word.

The bronze 'bot startled a little as the knock snapped him out of his thoughts, but he wasted little time in stiffly rising and shuffling over to get the door. "Of course. Pappy." There may have been a slight tremor in his chassis as he opened it, but what of that?