Getting pardoned of war crimes, huh? Maine didn't know that Wash needed such a pardon. For the first time, it makes him wonder how Wash ended up in the Project. Makes him wonder if maybe, just maybe, they might have similar stories.

(Somehow, he doubts it. Wash doesn't seem like he could stomach what Maine was ordered to do. At least, not as the rookie Maine knew.)

It's odd to Maine that so many people would be familiar with a single country on Earth. But odder still is the mention of a … little sister.

Maine blinks, brow furrowing. So … Wash is dating a guy. And that guy is a monkey. And that guy has a daughter. And that daughter is Wash's little sister. And that…

"What?"