He didn't know what to say to that. They'd both overreacted - well, that wasn't exactly wrong. The question was, now what? He opened his mouth, thought for a moment, and closed it again without making a sound. He didn't know what - he had no idea what he could do, what he could say to make things better, if anything.

Melody huffed. Honestly, people were so bad at this. She pranced behind Wash's legs, braced herself, and pushed, meowing for Fang to help her. Their person needed to do something, and it was up to them to encourage him. It wasn't as though they'd have any luck moving someone in half a ton of armor, but they could at least try.

That didn't mean Wash didn't notice. "What- hey! Quit that!"