Ma’at

Spoilers- just the series, there be no movie spoilers here.

Disclaimer- the characters and settings used do not belong to be nor do I earn money for them, I am a simple writer who finds inspiration in the works of the Joss god.

Note- I always thought that Joss would have brought the Tam’s back had the series gone on longer.

Note2- In Egyptian mythology Ma’at was the goddess of truth, it was also the term for universal order.

Translations:

mei mei- little sister

yu ben de- stupid, foolish, silly

Liou coe shway duh biao-tze huh hoe-tze duh bun ur-tze- stupid son of a drooling whore and a monkey

Jien tah du guai- like hell

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Mal crossed his arms over his chest and stared down at his little mechanic. “Now, Kaylee, I know you’ve been a mite stressed lately-“

Kaylee glanced pleadingly up at him. “A mite, Captain? We’ve all been jumpier than a bunch of polecats on a hot tin roof. There ain’t no Alliance nearby.”

Mal looked into Kaylee’s hopeful eyes. “I don’t know, mei mei. What about the Doctor and River?”

Kaylee grinned. “None of the folks on Ma’at know about the warrant, Alliance must not think they’ll head for border planets. And we’ve been on plenty of planets like Ma’at afore, you never stopped ‘em going planetside then. Anyways, Inara checked the local cortex, just to be sure,” Kaylee added, seeing Mal’s eyebrow rise at her swift assurance.

Kaylee could see he was wavering. “We’re getting cabin fever, Cap’n. You can’t tell me you ain’t been feelin’ it.”

“Well, I might be a bit tightly wound-“

Inara and Wash snorted.

Kaylee hit him with the puppy dog eyes. “Please?”

Mal sighed. “Okay, but don’t come crying to me if it gets you dead.”

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Kaylee put her hands on her hips and grinned down at the bustling dock. Ma’at was much like Persephone. It weren’t exactly the average border planet. Ma’at had cities, not nearly as shiny as the core but the buildings all had at least another story on them. Ma’at had homes, ranches too. But the docks were the territory of the