Orphaned Soul, Part 13
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Inara and Shephard Book try to help a troubled girl who has lost her brother, and perhaps her mind.
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 4074 RATING: 10.0 (G) SERIES: FIREFLY
Read: - - - - - - - - - - - ----- “WARNING. Hazardous gasses have been detected on Deck 5, Section 18. Evacuate immediately.” “JIN-GAO. Wu hao jia ban, shi ba hao qiu jian ce dao wei xian de du qi. Li ji shu san.” Slipping unnoticed past a growing assemblage of crewmen wandering sleepily out of their quarters, Book whispered an ironic prayer of thanks to whoever had written the software controlling the cruiser’s onboard comm system. He hadn’t expected them to get far after their escape had been announced, but some soft-hearted developer had apparently felt that life support warnings took precedence over internal security alerts. Hurrying nonchalantly past a few more corridors, Book reached the shuttle bay just behind Inara. River was already kneeling next to a manual override control, holding what appeared to be the end of a stethoscope up against the release mechanism as her fingers danced across a nearby keypad. “River, where did you –” “Was too cold. Didn’t like it. Hid it from Simon,” she admitted, managing to look simultaneously grumpy and guilty. Apparently satisfied with her examination, River stood and tugged on the release lever wi
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PS-My impatience and I accept full responsiblity for the shortness of this super awesome chapter.
You can't take the sky from me
- Soul
I'm really enjoying the Book-River-Inara dynamic shown here. I can imagine it happening on the show. It feels comfortable, believable.
The portrayal of River is also really good:
"Was too cold. Didn’t like it. Hid it from Simon,"
I also loved Book's line: "Never let it be said that I’m not a man of faith."
It made me smile. It was a brilliant Book moment! :)
Keep up the brilliant work Shiny!
MORE PLEASE!
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