Simon: "So … you're a bounty hunter?"

Neriah: "No, that ain't it at all."

Simon: "Then, what are you?"

Neriah/Simon (simultaneous): "I'm a bounty hunter."

Simon: "Guess sarcasm runs in the family too?"

Neriah: "There's a lot runs in our family."

Simon: "Crime?"

Neriah: "What do you mean, crime?"

Simon: "Kidnapping, menacing, assault …"

Neriah: "All for the greater good."

Simon: "You couldn't have found a better way to help Jubal?"

Neriah: "Well, I guess I could have paid an underground movement to sneak him out of a government facility, illegally smuggled him onto a ship full of space pirates and joined in on their capers, one of which being theft from an Alliance hospital." Silence. "Surely you're aware that theft of and tampering with Alliance property, namely your sister, is not the only crime you're on the books for." Silence. "Of course, it's the only one that will matter in the end, but I'm not interested in that. Not now, at least."

Simon: "Why didn't you threaten me with that before?"

Neriah: "I may be a bounty hunter and a criminal, Dr. Tam, but I try my hardest not to be a liar."

Simon: "I wonder if your son would agree." Silence. "Oh right. Greater good. Almost forgot about that. Isn't that a little cliché?" Neriah, having piloted the ship into the cave and successfully landed it, rises from her seat and points a gun at Simon as the bottom hatch opens.

Neriah: "Out." Simon exits the ship first, carrying with him the medical reports on Jubal that Neriah gave to him earlier. "Take a right." Simon turns and walks toward pitch black, his path lit by a bright beam of light leading him a few feet in front of his steps - a flashlight attached to Neriah's firearm. After walking for a moment …

Neriah: "Stop." She turns off her light and walks away. After a few seconds, his eyes are attacked by a bright light filling the space around him. His eyes adjust, and he scans the area. It's a round room in the cave almost big enough to fit all of Serenity inside. Three openings - the one Simon is still s