Wash is expecting pushback, because that's what always happens in these scenarios. He has to damn well work to reach past trauma to wake up the frozen rookie, and rarely do they snap right to combat readiness. He's fully expecting to have to put in a hell of a lot more work here in order to make sure Yuuri doesn't get killed.
So the set of the jaw and the nod are unexpected, and then Yuuri is out of the building so fast Wash has a split second to wonder if the kid isn't a speedster on top of everything else as he snaps up his helmet and sprints after Yuuri, running through the half-second of blindness as his HUD boots. He finally makes it outside to see-
To see Yuuri, who'd been paralyzed with fear thirty seconds ago, neatly wall off half a dozen Jokerized Carggites like he'd done it a thousand times before. It's like flipping a switch, and this is the result.
Hot damn.
And then Yuuri stops and asks for approval, like he doesn't understand that a maneuver like that is pretty damn good for his first time out. This kid is just full of surprises. "Yes! Exactly like that! Your focus is helping people - now get out there and do it again!"
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So the set of the jaw and the nod are unexpected, and then Yuuri is out of the building so fast Wash has a split second to wonder if the kid isn't a speedster on top of everything else as he snaps up his helmet and sprints after Yuuri, running through the half-second of blindness as his HUD boots. He finally makes it outside to see-
To see Yuuri, who'd been paralyzed with fear thirty seconds ago, neatly wall off half a dozen Jokerized Carggites like he'd done it a thousand times before. It's like flipping a switch, and this is the result.
Hot damn.
And then Yuuri stops and asks for approval, like he doesn't understand that a maneuver like that is pretty damn good for his first time out. This kid is just full of surprises. "Yes! Exactly like that! Your focus is helping people - now get out there and do it again!"