[ Wash has been unreadable his whole time in the labs. Quiet, perhaps moreso than usual, and impossible to read . by most of the party behind his mirrored visor. Kyna might have been able to tell that he was holding himself tensely, to everyone else he was just a guy in armor with nothing to say.... but he has a lot to say. There's a lot going on inside his head, after what they just saw. His own experience with experimentation and torture was different, yes, but Nate's words now? Taking them apart, getting into their brains, figuring out what made them tick...

He doesn't remove his helmet for this conversation. Not yet. ]

Why would the Null ever let the Hosts go after this? Or leave them to break free? You think the experiments backfired on them, or they just abandoned the project...?

[ He sounds cold and calm, holding himself very still. ]

Whatever they are now, whoever's control they're under, the city needs to know what we found.