That earns a full body flinch. It's- well, okay, it's not untrue. Attempting to detach himself from the situation at all at this point is not only impossible but real fucking stupid. Combined with a neat little layout of how he used to operate (still, apparently, does operate) like agent Fuck Truck York (the guy he wants not to be more than anything)-

Yeah that. That's a fucking thing.

"...then this is me trying to walk back in- let me go?" Because as much as he loves this talk (he doesn't) He's not about to push Wash away, literally or figuratively.