Wash doesn't usually have to consider the consequences of his words - not what he says to his enemies, at least. At the end of the day, they'll be dead or he will, and it won't be an issue. In the meantime, if what he says hurts, great; any advantage is one he can use. He'd learned Locus' weak spots and hammered at them, doing everything he could to gain the upper hand against someone who was an unholy terror in combat, and at the end of the day it wouldn't matter because one of them would be dead-

But the war's over and here they are, on the same side, dealing with the consequences of Wash's words.

Shit.

He swallows and closes his eyes and oh God he cannot fuck this up. "What happened to setting things right?" It's a start, but it's not enough. "You made your choice. Why did you change your mind?"