Emotions are definitely something he wants to avoid. Easier to ignore anything that's not cold anger and a desire for revenge. Those are easy. Those block out memories and other things that were too unsafe to feel while the Director and the Counsellor were on his case.

"White works," Wash agrees. Maine's armour was... terrifying. He'd seen it spattered with blood and gore and dirt. And when the Meta had worn it, it had become a symbol of something more, something worse.

"I think we were the lucky ones when it came to armour colour. Could be worse. Could've been York."