At the same moment as Mal and Inara were struggling away from their shelter camp, trying to fight off the effects of bad air from a wildfire, Jayne and Zoe were sitting on opposite sides of a bright campfire in the Ravenor mountains on Boros, enjoying some roasted wild goat. A slight frown developed on Zoe's face, though, as she looked up into the sky. Boros was a large crescent shape, kind of browny-green, while Boros' second moon, Verbena, was in another quadrant of the sky, more than half full but much smaller, a lavender-purple color. It didn't surprise Zoe to know how many people lived upon those colored spots in the sky, but sometimes seeing populated worlds this way did seem a bit surreal.

"Somethin' on your mind?" Jayne asked as he munched. "The radio silence thing??"

"Maybe a little," she allowed. "Not being able to reach the main ship, still - not that important. It's getting into evening in the capital city, and there's all kinds of things that the kids could be up to. But Mal - it's not like him to not answer."

"Well, they'll have landed at the Companion's place by now," Jayne pointed out. "Probably enjoying high tea with her, and getting shown the mansion, and all kinds of things. They wouldn't be in the ship. And maybe he either forgot to link in his portable comm unit, or, umm..."

"Or etiquette would not permit," Zoe filled in, not expecting Jayne to be familiar with the word 'etiquette' for any reason. "Okay, yeah, that's a point." She returned to her own plateful of dinner, making a mental note that when she managed to raise Serenity, she should have them check just to make sure, that the Shuttle's beacon could be found landed on the property of Kazia Laurentis, registered companion.

"Man, this feels good, eatin' off the land," Jayne muttered. "Reminds me of the time that I was poachin' in the Planetary park on Prynus - sheesh, try saying that ten times fast. 'Poachin' in the planet...'"

"Poaching, Jayne?" Zoe asked. "For what?"

"Oh, all kinds of things... don't remember many