[ wash is quite comfortable in the silence, happy to let the man think, and when d'artagnan does answer, he waves his hand slightly by way of dismissing that apologetic tone, the look in his eyes. he doesn't mind this at all, and he'd expected that his own reasons wouldn't resonate with d'artagnan. everyone's different, and wash's own peculiarities have evolved over time out of his own specific circumstances. ]

I feel like if you were going to find any purpose in it? You'd find it from talking to her. [ a pause, a tip his head. ] But maybe you won't. It's always possible to play with the parameters of things, more restrictive, less restrictive, something in between -- but it also just might not be for you.