[Casey breaks into a crooked smile. They may be only managing the "getting along" part of being friends about half the time, but the "having each other's back" part is more important anyway.]

Heh, nah, just trying to nose into my business with his little scanner.

[But he doesn't really want to get into that. Besides, he's not sure what Wash's big deal with knitting is.]

Knittin's not so bad, though. My best friend's basically a shorter, angrier version of me, and he knits all the time.