They have a lot of catching up to do, seems like.

[He smiles a little--it's worn and tired and small but it's real, and it holds as he looks away from Wash and down at his hands.]

He's a good kid. Spends a lot of his time busting his ass making sure everybody else is all right--which is my job, thank you very much--and he's had it rougher here than most, with the implant and finding out what might happen to him in the future and everything else. [Ratchet shrugs.] Honestly, I'm just glad I could help.