[He misses that she's possibly excluding herself from that equation, from who mattered, and assumes she's just taking about who mattered among her friends.]
Everyone who mattered.
[York. Maine. Wyoming.]
[It doesn't sting like it would've in the past. There's really no one else alive that can hurt him emotionally more than he has been.]
[It's hard to shatter things already long since ground into dust.]
[And here, when he first saw her, he worried about what might have to happen if she gets in his way. Worried about old loyalty, leftover from the days before Tex, when it was obvious how much she cared about getting them all home.]
[How bad is it that the people who have had his back the most recently were the sim troopers he'd just shot two of?]
"Great to see you're not dead, too, Wash, how have you been?"
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Everyone who mattered.
[York. Maine. Wyoming.]
[It doesn't sting like it would've in the past. There's really no one else alive that can hurt him emotionally more than he has been.]
[It's hard to shatter things already long since ground into dust.]
[And here, when he first saw her, he worried about what might have to happen if she gets in his way. Worried about old loyalty, leftover from the days before Tex, when it was obvious how much she cared about getting them all home.]
[How bad is it that the people who have had his back the most recently were the sim troopers he'd just shot two of?]
"Great to see you're not dead, too, Wash, how have you been?"