[ He nods. Of course -- that somehow seems understood between them, now. Wash has that leverage now, too, and he is far from above using it, but it's nice to know he won't have cause to. ]
There's others here, too. [ That he feels -- that he needs to protect, that he needs to do something about. Lakshmi. Maine's Lakshmi, Miles' too in a way it seems. Natasha, everything about her too familiar and close to home not to think of. And. Just looking at him, fairly critically for a moment, before adding on, ] And now, there's you.
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There's others here, too. [ That he feels -- that he needs to protect, that he needs to do something about. Lakshmi. Maine's Lakshmi, Miles' too in a way it seems. Natasha, everything about her too familiar and close to home not to think of. And. Just looking at him, fairly critically for a moment, before adding on, ] And now, there's you.