Follows Firefly: After Miranda which starts here:

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- Introduction -

Lord, I am walking your way.

Let me in, for my feet are sore, my clothes are ragged.

Look in my eyes, Lord, and my sins will play out on them as on a screen.

Read them all.

Forgive what you can, and send me on my path.

I will walk on, until you bid me rest.

As she sat staring at the cortex screen River Tam could hear the Sheppard in her head reciting that pray. Right now she imagined it was for the people that were being hurt or killed in the core…because of them…because of Miranda.

The wave had been seen by billions of people. It started a fire, which only smoldered at first. People were shocked at what they heard and turned to the government for answers. The Alliance government denied the event, called it a hoax. This worked, for a time.

Then the family and friends of the hundreds of young men and women that were lost over Mr. Universe’s moon started to ask questions. Each of them had gotten a different story regarding some accident that took their loved one's life. Putting those stories together, none of it made sense. So more questions were asked, more stories were told. The fire grew hotter.

A partial transmission picked up by a freighter was released. It sounded like a battle involving many of the ships that were said to have had accidents. It also mentioned Reavers. The government tried to erase it but no matter how many Cortex sites they took down it seemed two more would popup.

Finally the smoldering fire got air and as fires do, it erupted into a blaze. A young member of Parliament had started to demand answers. He was what you would call an honest man. He wanted to know the truth about Miranda and he wanted to know what Blue Sun’s role had been if any. Two days later he was killed when his hover cars mysteriously crashed and caught fire. Protest broke out. There were too many questions, to many things that did not mak