[ he listens, attentively as always, watching him, and -- subtle, but possibly noticeable is the way he isn't fully holding d'artagnan's eye, not chasing his gaze. he's looking slightly off to the side, clearly attentive and watching him. wash knows how he can come off, that intensity and focus in his expression that he can't at all turn off. some people find it an oddity or just a quirk that they can dismiss, some barely notice, some find it off-putting. but given that he's just told d'artagnan about his memory, that he's choosing to share some private thoughts with the same slow care from before that makes it clear he's thinking through, choosing his words -- he doesn't want to make d'artagnan feel even more self-conscious than he already does.

that its the collars, though. thats interesting. that'd been part of the trigger with natasha, too, what got them to finally start -- talking. they'd landed on not using the collars, themselves, but clearly it's worked out for d'artagnan with ororo, and, well. he and natasha still need to talk a lot more than they currently do, but file that into the blatant hypocrite file alongside everything else.

wash nods. ]

Again, there's things that you need to get by talking to her, not to me. [ like what, exactly, ororo might be want to get out of this. ] But what she was able to do for you -- Would you want to be able to do for her? Could you see yourself doing it?