"I'm not cocky," Wash replies. "I know exactly how good I am. And I know there's plenty better. But I also know I wasn't the best of my team by a long shot, but I am the last one standing." Because he was just too stubborn to die.

He listens to what Delta explains, a little sceptical. "Your brother is going to have a hell of a shock if he ever goes off-world. Because that sounds like any other place I've been. Hell, it sounds like the military. It's just more pronounced here."