For a few moments, Wash is gearing up to get angry. Getting ignored - again - is not on his to-do list.

But then Lux starts explaining, and he settles in to listen. Somehow, he's not surprised that 'make humans better and they will eventually try to kill each other' is a common narrative; that doesn't make the explanation any better, though it does answer some questions. No wonder the natives hated them, if they had the power that had nearly wiped the natives out God knows how long ago. "And you went with a draft instead of volunteers." His tone makes his low opinion of that decision very clear.

"And how did the Nox get here?" He had the Nox's side of the story - might as well get Lux's while he was at it.