For a moment... just a moment, all cheer vanishes from Vash's face, no matter how fake, and he looks ... blank. Then he shrugs, pulling the smile back on.

"He was with me on the way to JuLai. When I showed up here... he was not with me." He is not okay with that.

But also yes, Wolfwood probably will teach him a lot of strategies since Vash survives because he doesn't have much choice in the matter... Wolfwood has had to work for it. And again... yes. It was likely one of your better choices ever, in the overall scheme of thing, to give him that assignment.

That said, Wolfwood had his work cut out for him. "That way two people can get hurt, if things go wrong. I just get everyone coming after me and outrun them. And I'm generally aware how big you are, what with the whole benig twins thing." And yes, knowing this, he still thinks he can do it. But he's not going to fight him over it, he's just saying.

Then he sighs. "You can never forgive them, can you. For what a few of them have done, you don't see any good, any kindness, in any of them." The words are quiet, because they hurt him so much. His eyes are cast down but the words that follow are not a placation, they are still a promise. "I won't be caught."