It was a reality. And Wash respected Maine too much to lie to him about the expected potential realities here.

The tragic fate of him hurting and killing some of his allies and friends because he got hijacked by an AI and had to be murdered by one of his closest friends? Sure.

But not the shit everyone deals with here.

He smiles with some amusement. Mission, like always. "Good. And hey, it won't be so bad. There's people here who love fighting. And you'll have more goalposts than just Carolina here," he said. "If I think he can behave, you might want to actually fight Mac. Guy could bench press you."

He just needs to make sure Macaque doesn't give too HARD of a reality check that the Freelancers were midtier on the food chain here.