[He's not sure why he's doing it either, but only because he can't remember doing damage control for Tucker's mouth on more than one occasion.]

[Mouthy idiots are just dumb and mouthy. There are worse things and worse people.]

Look, on your end, keep in mind everyone showing up here for the first time? They're just as stressed as we were. Maybe even more so, depending on who they are and where they came from.

If it was one of the worst days of your life you might just want empathy.

[A weird thing to argue when you're generally a cold-hearted disaster, but it's coming from a place deeper than what's on the surface, from the older, wiser Wash locked away.]

[And it's well-meaning. What he's gathered of Robbie so far is that he probably doesn't actually mean to upset anyone.]

[The words are firm, not harsh:]

There's a time and place. Let them breathe.