[ Making some amused sound. Okay, okay, point taken, he won't keep whining about it, but just -- he's used to that. Tough evaluations, the Director bearing down on them, Carolina, sometimes, even if she was only ever half on hard on the others as she was on herself.
He does pause distinctly when he realizes Miles is paying more attention to scars other than the bruise on his jaw, but he doesn't pull away. The scars are old, seven years old, they aren't really sensitive to the touch anymore, though he's quiet for a while, not answering -- and all he does to answer is lightly take Miles' wrist, guiding his hand a little further back as he turns his head further.
Miles will feel something distinctly metallic embedded there at the base of his skull, and when Wash turns enough to let him see it, it's just clean smooth metal. Clearly a neural thing of some sort, designed for external access in mind, and ah, it shouldn't be too hard to put together what the scars are from. ]
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He does pause distinctly when he realizes Miles is paying more attention to scars other than the bruise on his jaw, but he doesn't pull away. The scars are old, seven years old, they aren't really sensitive to the touch anymore, though he's quiet for a while, not answering -- and all he does to answer is lightly take Miles' wrist, guiding his hand a little further back as he turns his head further.
Miles will feel something distinctly metallic embedded there at the base of his skull, and when Wash turns enough to let him see it, it's just clean smooth metal. Clearly a neural thing of some sort, designed for external access in mind, and ah, it shouldn't be too hard to put together what the scars are from. ]