[The resident tigerlily is having a ball with all these NEW PEOPLE that she's never met. C.T. had some time to train her as something of a therapy animal before she left, which means that the more distressed someone's going to get, the more Ami is going to plaintively nudge and cajole for you to give her some attention and lower your blood pressure.]
[Wash, for his part, spends most of his time doing just that, periodically stroking her back with a compulsive murmur of "shh, shh, it's all right, girl" to indicate that he's got nerves like no one else. His helmet is off but the rest of his armor is yet to be dismantled in full; as if by keeping part of that shell in place, it might shield him for whatever comes next.]
agent washington + bonus amitusha
[Wash, for his part, spends most of his time doing just that, periodically stroking her back with a compulsive murmur of "shh, shh, it's all right, girl" to indicate that he's got nerves like no one else. His helmet is off but the rest of his armor is yet to be dismantled in full; as if by keeping part of that shell in place, it might shield him for whatever comes next.]
[It's doubtful it will.]