Later Jayne stopped Kaylee in the corridor as she was going to the engine room.

"Hey, how come you asked about the Blue Hands?" Jayne asked.

"River used to sing with 'em," Kaylee said.

"Really," Jayne said as he began racking his brain for anything he might have heard rumour wise. Kaylee left him standing there as she walked away from him.

When Jayne saw Wash heading for the galley half an hour later, he snuck onto the bridge to check the Cortex.

Jayne easily found the entertainment feed then he went looking for a newsfeed. He had to go back a month where he found a notice that the Alliance had put out. It talked about the female singer of the Blue Hands going missing and her name. The feed also mentioned that everyone was looking for Simon as well. The story after that mentioned a reward for River or information leading to her return. A thousand platinum. Jayne's eyebrows went up and he whistled low before turning the dials to blank spots and turning off the cortex.

He was quickly leaving the bridge when Wash saw him.

"Did you want something Jayne?" Wash asked.

"Nope," Jayne answered.

"Sure? You don't usually come up here," Wash said with one foot on a stair.

"I was just curious."

"You? Curious? About what?" Wash asked.

"Can't a man get curious without anybody makin' a big deal out of it," Jayne said huffily continuing away from the bridge.

Wash shook his head and continued onto the bridge.

When they were a little more than a day out from Greenleaf, Mal decided to sit in the galley looking at music.

"Figure out what you're playing?" asked a light voice from behind him.

"Huh," Mal said without thinking.

"Honestly Mal," Inara said as she sat down next to him with a cup of tea.

He reached out and made to pick up her cup, when Inara slapped his hand.

"Ow! What you do that for?" Mal asked rubbing his hand from