Aboard the Hesperia space station, Zoe and Wash walk arm-in-arm into a "nook chapel", basically a room in an out-of-the-way corner whose walls are made of hanging fabric, where a "minister" (badly needing a shave, and NOT needing another drink) sits in a folding chair beside a collapsible podium.

Minister: "You two looking to get hitched?"

Wash: (joking) "Oh, sorry, wrong room!" (He half-turns as if to leave.)

Zoe: (FIRMLY holding Wash's arm) "Yes, preacher, if you've got the time."

Minister: (standing) "Sure, lots of time." (He flips some switches, and lights and soft music come on.) "OK, rates are as follows. Basic service, no frills, 10 credits. Don't need a witness, we vid the legal parts and post it on the Cortex. Next level up, we have the....."

Zoe: (interrupting) "No, preacher, we just want to get it over and done. Basic service is fine."

Wash: "What, no flowers?"

Zoe: "No flowers."

Wash: "Not even for me?" (Bats his eyes at her)

Zoe LOOKS at Wash, half a beat...

Wash: "Ok, preacher, we're, ah, ready now..." (Gives Zoe his best disarming goofy grin)

Minister: "I'll need those ten credits in advance."

Wash hands over the coins.

Minister: (shuffling papers they need to sign)"Do the two of you have your own vows written, or do you want to skip that part too?"

Wash: "I don't know, hadn't really thought...."

Zoe: "Just do the service, preacher, and let us know when we need to say something."

Minister: "What I need from you two is to sign here.." (Points to lines on a form, they sign) "and here..." (another line, both sign, Wash mutters about 'too much paperwork') "and then I sign here..." (he signs) "and we're ready!" (He tries to make out their names) "Now um, Zoe, you stand on the left, and, ah Hob... Hoban...?"

Zoe: (turning to Wash, fighting a grin) "Hoban?"

Wash: (slightly indignant) "Yes, Hoban! It's a family name, clear back to Earth-that-was there have been Hobans in my family tree!"

Zoe: "I sure hope your family won’t mind skipping the name for at least one gene