"You weren't and idiot," Wash retorts. Because if his twin's past self was an idiot for believing those things, what does that make him? He isn't even fighting within the legal limits -- he's a mercenary, for chrissakes.

That's an interesting gesture, and one that Wash knows he doesn't make. "What, shot you in the back and gave you some kind of spinal injury? Man, I'm sorry, but that still doesn't have to change who you are. As a person."