Book sat sipping an herbel tea.

Mal cleaned his pistol.

Jayne was laying on the couch with his leg resting on the back,one arm across his chest and the other hanging down laying on the deck. He was snoring. Snoring loudly.

Other than Jayne's accute nasel onslaught the ship was quite.

The rest of the crew were in the near by town shopping or eating or playing.

Mal looked up from his weapon and noticed Book reading an old looking book.

"You not going into town"?Mal asked with a hint of intrest tucked in behind the "town" part.

Book smiled and layed the book aside,picked up his cup of tea ,sipped at it, then sat it back down. "Noooo"

Jayne pelted the room with nasel tone then fell silent.

Mal laid his sidearm down on the cloth spread out on the table.

"Nothin you need in town then"?

"Well, if you were to go, I could use some more tea",Book touched the cup of brew in front of him,"Inara has gottin me quite use to this concoction,and I have about drank my supply up with out relizing it".

Mal picked up his weapon and peered down the barrel. He anserwed with out looking back at Book,"no ,no, there's nothing I need there, I was just asking".

Book nodded while he picked his book back up and added a gentle,"Ooohh". He lowered his gaze into the book, content with that being that and was startled when Mal asked.

"So... whatcha reading?"

"Oh ...nothing you would like its just an old old old book of books. Ancient text and all...kind of like how it all began stuff."Book glanced over the top of his book at Mal.

Mal was rubbing an oily rag over his gun and giving Book a kinda side ways glance." A Bible."

Jayne began another barrage of nose noise.The other two men watched him for a few secounds until he quited some.

Mal said "I wonder if that sounds like artillery fire to him? You know like in his dreams?"

Book chuckled and Mal smiled.

Book asked " So... you know of the Bible then?"

"I never said I didnt believe in God, Preacher, I said he only helps the wrong people thats a