Wash quirks an eyebrow. He knows exactly one person who still has malarkey in their vocabulary, and they're at least fifty and at least slightly out of touch with reality. Dipper is neither.

...well, okay, he's pretty sure Dipper isn't the former, at least. There's no telling on the latter one.

"And you're entitled to your opinion."

But then Dipper goes quieter, and...well, Wash understands what Dipper's getting at, but Dipper doesn't quite get it. Not really. "You realize your definition of 'normal' and mine are very different, right? This is just...how I handle things."

Quit telling Wash to quit beating himself up. It's one of the few things he's really good at.