Yeah, him having the Matrix and being the Prime and all I thought that he would have some inkling as to what Prowl really was right from the get-go. As to the mysterious datapad, I actually had a different mech in mind when I was writing this, but now I really like the idea of Ratchet having a hand in Prowl's creation...

Oh dear - the bunnies - they're swarming! D: *mobbed*