A LION’S MOUTH (01) Part (03)
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Uncomfortable scrutiny from the almighty Alliance.
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(01) A LION’S MOUTH
Part (03)
Follows the SERENITY MOVIE. Precedes . Uncomfortable scrutiny from the almighty Alliance. | * * * The ship’s mechanic was the opposite of terse. She spoke easily and fluidly. She clearly had an abundance of empathy for her captain and crewmates, and an unusually tender spot in her heart for her machines. “We was so tore up, broke my heart to see the state of Serenity when I first got a chance to take a good look at her. But the Captain takes such good care of us, he always does. And he takes care of her ’specially, he loves her…” Who? the patrol captain wondered, with a questioning look. “Serenity, I mean,” Kaylee clarified. “He’s the only one in this ’Verse loves her more ’n I do.” “So you and the Captain fixed up the ship?” “Well, no, I mean, he would have, he did , soon as he could get up. He nearly died, you know. But Zoe recovered first, an’ it gave her something to take her mind off her loss…” “Her loss?” the captain questioned. “Wash. Our pilot. Zoe’s husband.” * * * The interview with crewman Jayne Cobb was an exercise in pointlessness. The man just sat there, glaring belligerently, refusing to say a single word. * * * “Jayne’s a man of few words,” Inara said. “But I was glad to have him at my side in that fight. He and Zoe are consummate fighters: we wouldn’t have survived without them.” “And Captain Reynolds?” Inara realized that she had come close to revealing Mal’s absence from the scene of the fight. She covered her error smoothly. “Captain Reynolds is…stubborn…and very determined. He’ll carry on against very long odds. He’ll keep fighting after others have given up hope, and turn a desperate situation around.” Tha
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Probably showing my "I love River" colours here, but I gotta say that River's session with the Alliance Capt. was one of the funniest thing I had ever seen! It almost beats River's conversation with Badger during "Shindig" for just how amazingly quick River can turn the tables on someone in conversation. Must have drover her parents simply apeshit!
"You can't take the sky from me!"
Byte: Yes, the warrant's been rescinded, but is he really home free?
BEB: Oh, it has been fun writing River. I bet she did drive her parents nuts, even before the Academy messed with her brain.
Ali D: Avoided responding to this speculation until I posted part 4, so you can see for yourself. And yes, it is fun to make the characters squirm a bit.
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