It honestly hadn't occurred to Maine that Carolina could've been one of the ones shooting at Wash. He's grateful she wasn't. Grateful for Wash's sake, but also because he has no idea which side of that conflict he would've ended up on.

Probably stuck in the middle, taking bullets aimed at each other. Literally.

An eyebrow rises at that explanation. "Haven't published a memoir?" he teases.

It's easier to tease than to rehash what he already said about Macaque's protectiveness. How it leads Maine to believe that whatever stories Wash told couldn't have pained him in the most positive light.

He assumes one of them was about York's eye.