Wash doesn't look away. He won't. he can't. Not now. Not when they're so close. He knows they're close with that weird certainty that comes with dreams. Just like he knows that if he lets go now, he'll lose Maine and be left with just the Meta once more. He'll be left alone.

"You know Carolina," he says quietly, "a little fall has never stopped her."

The dream fills his words with a certainty that he wouldn't quite feel if he was awake. But here? Yeah, it's true. Carolina can survive anything.