In the commotion that followed Wash's bursting into the galley, no one missed Simon silently gather up his sister and leave. Simon knew that when Mal noticed it, he would be more than upset. The captain did not like having to fetch someone when he was in the middle of a conversation. In light of what he had just seen, however, he felt it better to get his sister out of the limelight. All the time he had been on Serenity, and hating most of it, he never once considered that River was capable of something truly bad. But, the evidence was stacking against her. He had to get to the bottom of this, and quickly.

In the galley, Wash had run in at full tilt, grabbed Zoe, and hugged her viciously. He tried to tell them about his dream, but as soon as the word "dinosaur" escaped his mouth, most of them tuned out. Book, of course, had not been fooled when Simon had taken his sister away, but he felt it best not to say anything, given Jayne's actions of the morning. Wash telling everyone about a dream he had was nothing new. That he was so upset by this one was new, however, and Mal paid him more heed than he would have normally. Jayne sat drinking coffee, and not giving Wash any attention until he mentioned that he had seen two large red eyes in his dream. He looked sharply at Wash, mouth open. In Wash's dream, however, the eyes had not belonged to anyone specifically. When Wash had finished telling his story, Mal looked at the head of the table for River, but, she was gone. Mal merely sighed and hung his head. It was going to be THAT type of day on his boat.

Kaylee slowly extricated herself from the room, but did not notice that she was followed.

In the infirmary, Simon had begun to prep a needle to sedate River, only to find that she was already asleep sitting up on the counter. It was such an odd thing that he froze, motionless for a time. River did not usually like to sleep. She claimed that she had had enough sleep at the academy, and Simon, having witnessed firsthand some of t