"He always was loyal. Some of us at least learnt what loyalty is worth." Nothing. Maybe if he'd learnt that lesson sooner it wouldn't have done such a number on him when he'd figured out what had happened, when they'd told him they'd abandoned him. If he'd just been better, been worth more to them...


The laugh he gives next is harsh and bitter and not entirely sane. "You don't know the half of it." But Wash knew too much, remembered too much. "It pushed him over th edge what happened. His precious project went down in literal flames and he was left with the tattered remains."