[Wash just pauses and gives Shiro a flat, unamused stare. Literally anything could happen here, but it can't hurt to try it?]
[It's been a long time since he's dealt with a dyed-in-the-wool optimist. He's out of practice.]
[But they're here, and Shiro's offering, and he's going to need to know what his hypothetical power is eventually.]
Okay.
[He reaches out, takes Shiro's hand, thinks about using whatever power he might have, and waits. After a few seconds, there's...still a whole lot of nothing, and he pulls his hand back.]
I have zero idea what Shiro's first shift was like, so Wash isn't going to see this one
[It's been a long time since he's dealt with a dyed-in-the-wool optimist. He's out of practice.]
[But they're here, and Shiro's offering, and he's going to need to know what his hypothetical power is eventually.]
Okay.
[He reaches out, takes Shiro's hand, thinks about using whatever power he might have, and waits. After a few seconds, there's...still a whole lot of nothing, and he pulls his hand back.]
Well, that was helpful.