Well, shit. Time to double down and hope it works.

Wash snaps a hand up, palm out, mirroring Rico's gesture. "Arbitrator, you are a part of this investigation and, as such, cannot remain neutral. I'll speak with you next; in the meantime, kindly let me do my job." Stern, authoritative, miraculously devoid of sarcasm, and he's going to start sounding like the Director if he's not careful. Ugh.

He immediately turns back to Kubo, signaling the close of that particular conversational tangent. Still, he'll rephrase - might as well keep WonderChin mollified for now. "Paperboy, please explain why you chose to bait Arbitrator."