Again, I'm not surprised. Would you be interested in negotiations with the people you saw as responsible for destroying a whole planet you cared about?

[ Whether it was the planet, the people on it, whatever, Wash can't say he doesn't understand the way the Caducans feel. He understands that desire for revenge, the kind that drives you to going out of your way to get it, to being willing to give your life to get it.

Understanding doesn't mean he doesn't blame them for this mess, though. Hardly anyone on this ship was here when the triggering event happened, and none of them deserve to be dragged into this. There's getting revenge, and then there's taking it to far. The Caducans are absolutely doing the latter. ]

What does surprise me is that they bothered to make it seem like they were willing to consider anything but a full-on attack.

[ Though he remains a few steps behind Tex, Wash continues to follow her, helping to sweep the area while also keeping an eye on the halls behind them. Still, it's quiet. It's almost eerie. Surely they should have run into more hostiles by now--the ship is big, but so is the one belonging to the Caducans. They had to have enough soldiers to flood the ship, and yet...

He doesn't trust this. They could be walking into a trap, or into some kind of ambush. ]