"The place could be better," says the Chief, giving his head a little ceilingward toss to indicate the tunnels.

As always, his delivery is perfectly flat and serious. But it's still a joke, and still Chief for 'it's nice to see you too'. Wash is moving and talking and seems to be as alright as the circumstances allow, and that's a status report the Chief's happy to have.

A motion tracker is also no replacement for a teammate when fighting in narrow places.

"Where did you find that?" he asks, eyeing the plasma blaster speculatively. It's not that the Chief doesn't think he can get them the hell out of here as is, but it could certainly be easier.