He makes a pained noise that he's not proud of as the first few blows land and manages to clamp it down. He's dealt with worse pain before, and now he's on a mission. He'll be fine. "Why?" he demands. "So you can go back to your lab, read the same information a thousand times hoping that you can find something you missed the first time, which - spoilers - there won't be anything, beat yourself up anyway for not knowing something you couldn't have known, and exhaust yourself? Forget it. You need a break."

Luckily, Legionnaire quarters aren't too far away. Wash keys open the door to his, briefly pauses to disable the Reaper traps, and closes the door behind him. Only then does he set Pidge back on her feet.

From his pillow on the bed, DC yawns widely and meows a very loud greeting.