Okay, well, that explained it. "I'll bet," he says mildly. "Just don't get hurt." Wash isn't about to go out there with Kubo unless he absolutely has to, but that won't stop him from parenting from afar. (Insomuch as he considers it parenting, which, he doesn't. He's just looking out for a younger teammate. Right.)

He opens his mouth to explain the instructions when Kubo picks them up. Okay, evidently he doesn't need to. Instead, Wash just shrugs. "Like that." He picks up one of the pieces and inspects it. He knows what it does - by this point, he knows what the rules are - but the entire concept of the game just isn't gelling in his mind. The pieces haven't clicked into place, and try as he might, he can't get them to come together in an intelligible fashion. "I told the supply system to surprise me, and it brought me the mutant child of backgammon and chess," he says, placing the piece back down. Listen to how enthused he sounds. "I'm starting to think that was a mistake." Awesome. Wow.