Wash didn't realize how much he'd come to rely on Eva in the Quarter until she wasn't there, and he had to do everything himself again. Then he heard she was in the brig, then he heard she'd resigned her post, so Wash headed straight for the City.

The days since the battle were spent crawling through the Quarter's guts for damage assessments, as well has helping Kaylee fix the thing. Eva got him in his coveralls and smeared with grease. "Hey, Eva, if you needed a space to crash for a while you know you could have come by Serenity," he said with a smile, trying to lighten the tension.