[ Wash doesn't even stop moving, though he does turn to face him the whole time as he steps around him. Still a little ways to go, but when he answers him this time he's already dropping his voice a little. Close enough to be overheard by anyone paying attention. ]

It isn't that hard to figure out, Miles. [ Wash doesn't think it is, anyway. What might've happened to Lakshmi, after all, when she was at the Cetagandan base? Miles would need a bit more to go on than what Wash's giving him, but that's a little bit of the point. ] If you're worried that I hurt her, I did no such thing -- but she has a good reason, to not want to hear from me.