She honestly should be used to it by now, given how many times it's happened in her lifetime already but somehow this one hurts more than the rest. Epsilon had been her family, the last link she had to anything remotely tied to her past and they'd been a team.

And now he was gone.

Just like everyone else. Carolina had taken the news well enough, her helmet hiding any change in expression even if her shoulders had stiffened and then she'd excused herself.

And it was closer to a month before anyone saw her again, even in passing. She'd just disappeared.

And when she came back?

She didn't talk much, didn't try to engage beyond the basic necessities.

[Post 13, Wash can engage at any point, pre her disappearing, finding her while she's gone to bring her back, or after she's back.]