"Christ that whole thing was a mess," Wash said. "Should've known something was wrong when the Director just applauded Maine and Wyoming for using like rounds." For a woman he was supposed to love or at least someone based on her, he sure had been trying to destroy Tex. That was what happened when you loved too much he supposed. Easier to avoid it altogether. He remembers how very much he had loved Allison.

"She was the best of us. She deserved better than us hunting her. He made us turn on each other and it worked. Although part of me wonders what would have happened if you hadn't brought the ship down. We might have ended up destroying each other anyway. Or as lab rats."