"You're getting better. It's just really, really slow. Like watching grass grow." Maxine huffed to express her impatience and then stared back at his face as though waiting for him to knit himself back together faster.
"Swamp Thing can make the grass grow really fast, though. He can do lots of stuff like that because he's the Avatar of the Green."
She hadn't responded to his apology about the mistake. It was clear she didn't fully understand what he met, but she thought about it carefully. "Just be more careful next time so you don't crash again."
Maxine gently laid her head on Wash's chest, as though listening for something.