SHADOW (07) Part (01)
Friday, August 26, 2011
The aftermath of the trial. The crew gets a new job.
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 5060 RATING: 9.0 (PG13) SERIES: FIREFLY
SHADOW (07)
Part (01)
Follows . Precedes . The series so far: The aftermath of the trial. The crew gets a new job. Mouse over Chinese words in text for translations Rating: All my stories are PG to PG-13 to occasional R. You will not find detailed descriptions of blood, gore, and sex, but you will find situations appropriate for mature readers, innuendo, implication, and (gasp) swear words. This story is PG-13. Thanks to my sister for beta reading. | * * * One moment he was facing two thousand years in prison and a one million credit fine, with the fate of all his crew depending on the outcome of his trial, and the next moment he was retrieving his gun and other personal effects and walking out the front door of the courthouse a free man. It was like being handed a get-out-of-jail-free card. He’d asked about the ex-slaves—his passengers—guests—whatever the 地狱 dìyù the legal profession felt it was proper to call them. Their prospects didn’t look to be so bright. It seemed that while River had uncovered a number of their true identities and histories, acquiring certified documentation of their status was another
Oh, very nice ending, they make it so hard to do the simplest of things like apologize for hurting the other. Mal and Inara have trust issues, coupled with insecurities, magnified by communication difficulties. They’re really a therapist’s life work when framed in the context of a serial show, and I often wonder if that’s what we were to see; the actual development of a functioning intimate relationship which starts so clearly dysfunctional, but with obvious under tones of a deep love for one another.
Looking for more.
"You can't take the sky from me!"
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