Wash watches him for a moment, and he can't hide the fond look on his face. It's good have York back, even if he's pretty sure it's just going to hurt more in the long run.

He's got some thinking to do.

He leaves York to take care of the kids and heads off to check in. Carolina sounds tired. Charon must have been leaning on her. He wonders if they've heard about the Freelancer they picked up. "We could just let him go," Wash says. He knows it doesn't work like that.

"He's a liability."

"...yeah, I know."

He's almost managed to stop feeling sick by the time he gets to dinner.