[Dave is absolutely bullshitting him, and if Wash knows anything about huge amounts of bullshit, it's to keep the attention off of his problems. Dave seems to be stable enough for now; therefore, Wash will roll with it. For now.]

Your readers are going to have to be disappointed. There's a hell of a battle in the fandom; I'd hate to ruin it.

[A beat, and then:]

I'm imagining them working their way through pages of red courier.