Often that he harped on being more lucky than good- it doesn't change the fact that York? Had been good. That he'd yanked the number two slot back from being punted down after losing the eye in less than a week. That he could keep up with Carolina on a good day and kept up with Tex when it mattered (till it killed him), that he kept out from under the Project's thumb while on the run and he was as locked in with Delta as was possible without driving either of them crazy.

That Wash surviving long enough to get older and more grey and more angry means fuck and all in the face of what kind of tactics that he dips into. They were trained the same, beaten into bloody shape the same, and five years, seven years isn't enough to wipe away old patterns. Wash was the worst out of the top ten. The worst out of the best and that's never been nothing.

None of that matters in the face of what's been painted a bright red acceptable target- Delta working overtime to track and compensate for the blind eye, to bring their legs up while York brings an elbow down. Wash wants to grapple, they'll fucking grapple.