(Wash might be hallucinating that; then again, he might not. Way to tick off the shadow creature.)

"I didn't ask to be here!" It's an explosion Wash isn't prepared for, ripping open his anger and his pain, everything he'd been dealing with since he'd arrived in Freesia, and shoving its heart at the Nox. He took a breath and tried to reel it in. Explosions wouldn't help him - not like this. "And the only ones of you I killed were the ones that attacked me first." He's not yelling anymore, but he can't quite keep the bite out of his words either. "So now that we're all done being angry, let's talk about this like rational-" Human beings doesn't quite fit present company. "-whatever."