What did they need you for? Either time. [ Since he didn't ask, doesn't know what led to all of this. ] And what about the others? Did we all defect or go completely insane?

[ Or died. His jaw works thinking about Carolina. It's easy to focus on everyone else, Maine and Wyoming losing their minds, Tex fighting the latter, him and North on the run, who the fuck knows what happened to South and Florida.

But what Wash says next catches him off guard. Winding up on a colony in the middle of a war, split up and taking sides... York raises an eyebrow. ]

Sounds very familiar. Since that's what's happening to us right now. How'd you get to an outer colony with sim troopers?