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Serenity Two

Mal enters engine room.

Mal: Kaylee, you almost done repairing this thing? Simon found us a job.

Kaylee: Simon?! When did-?

Mal sits on a box and puts his head in his hands.

Mal: Kaylee, you know that we’re broke, and that Serenity needs at least 9 more expensive parts to get her flying?

Kaylee: 16

Mal: Sorry?

Kaylee: She needs 16 more parts to get her going.

Mal: No, you said 9 at minimum.

Kaylee: That will get her in the air, yeah, but not-

Mal: That’s what I need.

Kaylee: Captain, 16. There’s the catalyzer and the correlater, which starts the enu-

Mal: ‘kay, sorry for not making this clear. I need it done in 9. Less if you can. Now we need cash, so Simon got us a job.

Small explosion from a gizmo in the engine, starting a fire. Mal yells and runs to the smoking thing, rips it out, and stamps on it. His coat catches fire, and he yells. Kaylee grabs and extinguisher and douses Mal and the gizmo. When the fire is out, Kaylee picks up the smoking thing.

Mal, frowning: I liked this coat.

Half of the bottom of the coat has been burned away.

Mal, looking closer at the object: Oha, no, that was not one of the fuel cells. Er zi de bowdai. Kaylee, how’d it do that? No, never mind, just fix it.

Mal walks out of the engine room. Enters dining room, where Jayne is drinking.

Jayne, slightly slurred: Hey, we got any jobs yet?

Mal, passing: wha-uh yeah, Simon got us one.

Mal continues on to the bridge.

Jayne, yelling after Mal: What’s the job? We gotta pick some fancy clothes from fairyland?

Mal enters the bridge. River, fixing a panel, looks up.

River: I’m not going.

Mal, throwing his hands up: Little one, you read my mind one more time-

River, raising her eyebrows: And we’ll miss another great conversation. I’m not going.

Mal: Why are people disagreeing so much today?

River, cocking her head to one side