[I mean, if someone had, then someone around here would know it, right?]
[Honestly, the skepticism elevates Wash's estimation of this guy. He's got better reason to believe a skeptic who thinks the situation's okay so far than an optimist who thinks the same thing.]
First mission? [And a first mission that doesn't sound like it went well to boot.] How long has this been going on? And does she have a plan to free herself?
[Being a stopgap is one thing; being a solution to a long-running problem is something else entirely.]
[And that's a concerning question to come right the fuck out of nowhere. Wash pauses for a moment to take stock of himself, because there has to be a reason he's asking.]
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[I mean, if someone had, then someone around here would know it, right?]
[Honestly, the skepticism elevates Wash's estimation of this guy. He's got better reason to believe a skeptic who thinks the situation's okay so far than an optimist who thinks the same thing.]
First mission? [And a first mission that doesn't sound like it went well to boot.] How long has this been going on? And does she have a plan to free herself?
[Being a stopgap is one thing; being a solution to a long-running problem is something else entirely.]
[And that's a concerning question to come right the fuck out of nowhere. Wash pauses for a moment to take stock of himself, because there has to be a reason he's asking.]
Not really. Why?