[ How much did York know? Wash never found out, never knew. Most of them were in the dark, clueless, but when the break-in happened Wash figured it had to do with some things getting out, with Tex figuring it out, at least, what had happened at Freelancer, the true nature of what she was. But did any of the rest of them find out? Did they figure it out? Did York? Did any of them know what the Alpha their AI kept asking after really was, did any of them know what really happened when they'd put Epsilon into him --
Breathe, Wash, breathe. He really doesn't want to talk about Delta or AI or anything Freelancer related within earshot of anyone else, realizes that just babbling about shit like that to people who have no business knowing it in a situation like this would be a hell lot more trouble than it's worth, but there's something that York says, something about the way he says it.
That doesn't matter now. Not here. They'd taken their armor, they could probably take their AI, but York couldn't fucking possibly have Delta with him because even if he'd faked his death even if he'd stayed alive, Wash had taken Delta from his fucking corpse. Couldn't let anyone get D. That doesn't -- ]
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Breathe, Wash, breathe. He really doesn't want to talk about Delta or AI or anything Freelancer related within earshot of anyone else, realizes that just babbling about shit like that to people who have no business knowing it in a situation like this would be a hell lot more trouble than it's worth, but there's something that York says, something about the way he says it.
That doesn't matter now. Not here. They'd taken their armor, they could probably take their AI, but York couldn't fucking possibly have Delta with him because even if he'd faked his death even if he'd stayed alive, Wash had taken Delta from his fucking corpse. Couldn't let anyone get D. That doesn't -- ]
When was the last time you had him?