[ It would be a relief to be talking to him if it weren't also awful that he's in this situation. She can only, naturally, assume that Wash is how she remembers him: her best friend with permanent neurological damage. ]
Are you okay?
[ It's easily the most sincere individual concern he's gotten from her in his current active memories. She means it. She wants to know if he's okay. Specifically. ]
ditto
[ It would be a relief to be talking to him if it weren't also awful that he's in this situation. She can only, naturally, assume that Wash is how she remembers him: her best friend with permanent neurological damage. ]
Are you okay?
[ It's easily the most sincere individual concern he's gotten from her in his current active memories. She means it. She wants to know if he's okay. Specifically. ]