"I hardly count as one of your comrades if I no longer fight for the Legion," he replies, in a tone that suggests the limits of his patience on this matter are beginning to be tested. And Wash can remember what happened the last time that happened, surely.

"No more will come to harm because of me. I left Felix to die with the intent of leaving that life behind me. If I cannot, if I am capable of nothing but death and ruin, then there is but one last choice to make. I can make this much right."