Only one person in the room has committed genocide at any point in their life. Spoilers: it isn't Wash, so as far as he is concerned, Locus can take his indignation and shove it.
Wash just tilts his head ever so slightly and lets the tension ease out of his shoulders. It's loose, flippant, as though he's already won this little argument - which, as far as Wash is concerned, he has. He got his answer - all it took was baiting Locus to the edge of his self-control. That's all it ever takes.
"You told the simulation troopers that you'd set things right," Wash repeats, breezing by Locus' questions and giving the statement a moment to settle. "See, we could have avoided all this bullshit if you'd just said that in the first place."
Of course, there's always the chance that Locus is lying, but Wash doubts it. Felix could lie regardless of the circumstances; by contrast, Locus is starkly honest when he's this upset, at least from what Wash can tell. It's a chance he's willing to take.
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Wash just tilts his head ever so slightly and lets the tension ease out of his shoulders. It's loose, flippant, as though he's already won this little argument - which, as far as Wash is concerned, he has. He got his answer - all it took was baiting Locus to the edge of his self-control. That's all it ever takes.
"You told the simulation troopers that you'd set things right," Wash repeats, breezing by Locus' questions and giving the statement a moment to settle. "See, we could have avoided all this bullshit if you'd just said that in the first place."
Of course, there's always the chance that Locus is lying, but Wash doubts it. Felix could lie regardless of the circumstances; by contrast, Locus is starkly honest when he's this upset, at least from what Wash can tell. It's a chance he's willing to take.