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ENDS WITH A HORSE (12) Part (12)

Monday, May 13, 2013

Mal tells Inara a folktale from Shadow

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Mal tells Inara a folktale from Shadow

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They couldn’t look for malware twenty-four hours a day. Despite Simon’s insight that River suspected Saffron of having installed a trojan horse, they still hadn’t found the problem. It did, at least, give them a notion of what to look for.

Mal was in his bunk running a system diagnostic on hi

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BYTEMITE
Monday, 13 May 2013 04:06
Haha, River trolling Jayne. And Mal, seeing through all that plumage. :)
BYTEMITE
Tuesday, 14 May 2013 02:24
More on this. That folk story is beautiful. I wonder if it has any relationship to the traditional Swan Lake story from Russia. There's some differences, but enough similarities to wonder.

Mal telling that folk story - something from his youth back on Shadow, discussed without pain - no wonder it moved Inara so much.
Wednesday, 15 May 2013 02:06
Jaynes reaction to what was for dinner was amusing.
Wednesday, 15 May 2013 02:14
I'm still suspicious about what Saffron did in Mal's bunk. Maybe instead of worrying whether he can trust Ip to look at his computer he could ask River to take a look instead? I did smile at Jayne bolting back to his bunk when Ip said what the food was, just to check. Ali D :~)
"You can't take the sky from me!"
Thursday, 16 May 2013 04:27
I think River figured out that Jayne was keeping chickens in his bunk a long time ago. She won't tattle-tale, but that won't stop her from yanking his chain at every opportunity.
I have long liked the folk-tale (my source is Celtic mythology), and some time ago I got the crazy idea that it would be great fun to re-tell it in Mal's dialect, taking a few liberties to change and twist it a bit.
Inara sees all the symbolism of it, and Mal is entirely free of self-consciousness as he unknowingly bares his soul to her through the telling of the story.
Put Jayne in the spotlight, add some off-the-wall element like chickens, sit back, and watch what happens.
Maybe Mal should trust Ip, but he still hasn't gotten over the fact that Ip was friends with Blue Hand Bill. Niggling doubts about what Ip was really up to at Blue Sun, and what might he be up to now? But you're right, Saffron is a greater threat.

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