Okay. That's fair. It's even a lot better than "asocial" or "stunted" or "not very good at any of this, really, please don't expect anything of him". Thanks, Wash.

The Spartan shakes his head a little, clearing away the thought, the concern for this situation, and all reason to remain standing here.

"Come on," he says. "It's going to be a long hike."

And with that, he disentangles himself from Wash. The preliminaries are over and they have a job to do, he focuses back in on it with his usual laser intensity.

He waits for Wash to step with him before leaving the stones to sink back into a hum, then their former silence.