"That was basically our slogan for future crew members. 'Except for death and torture it's almost nice.' Didn't get too many applicants. Sometimes wonder why I even signed on. Maybe had thoughts in my head that we wouldn't be doing illegal thievery. Or maybe it was Zoe. Yeah, it was probably Zoe," he said with a nod.
He watched her fiddle with a warped part and tried to recall what that part had been before the crash. He was almost certain, though, that Shuttle 2 would have had no need to open cans of beans.
"Me too, interestingly enough. Couldn't wait to get in the black. Fortunate for me, I survived through that. Took a few more jobs before ending up on Serenity," Wash said and sat up the rest of the way being able to focus on what he'd been looking at a bit more after his breakdown.