Slight AU, Ratchet's parents and Alister alive! Ratchet's heart burns with the need to know: are there really other Lombaxes out there? Did Tachyon lie to him, are his parents alive? Now, with his best friend Clank, Ratchet travels into the dimension to which his race fled. But what will happen, Ratchet being a young Lombax who knows nothing about his people? Will he be accepted?