[Jayne is on the infirmary table, temporarily paralyzed after his spill.]
Jayne[mumbling] Is [s]pine okay?
How much did they offer you to sell out me and River on Ariel?
Jayne
[mumbling] Das crazy talk.
Then let's talk crazy. How much?
[Jayne's eyes move toward the door.]
Jayne
[mumbling] Anybody there?
[River pokes her head in.]
Jayne
[mumbling] Anybody else?
. . .
[Simon continues to work on Jayne as he talks.]
No matter what you do, or say or plot, no matter how you come down on us… I will never, ever harm you. You're on this table, you're safe. 'Cause I'm your medic, and however little we may like or trust each other, we're on the same crew. Got the same troubles, same enemies, and more than enough of both. Now, we could circle each other and growl, sleep with one eye open, but that thought wearies me. I don't care what you've done, I don't know what you're planning on doing, but I'm trusting you. I think you should do the same. 'Cause I don't see this working any other way.
[He leaves. River pokes her head in again.]
Also... I can kill you with my brain.
No, I wish I was lying, I just...You know, we'd all just made surgeon. That was it, we were the elite. The world was ours, you know?
Naked. Yes. And, uh, on top of the statue of Hippocrates. (they laugh) Can't you just picture me?
What, naked? Oh, well, hmm, mmm...Let's see, I'mma have to conjure up a...yeah, that's, that's gonna be difficult...(laughs and pokes him in the cheek with her foot) So did the feds come?
There were no feds. (grins) Until I started singing.
This is not funny. This, this is a morality tale about the evils of sake.
(they laugh, then turn and look at River)
SSimon (in River's head)
I would be there right now.
(back to reality, Simon and Kaylee are still laughing, having not really noticed River)
I really miss...It was, it was either that or the national anthem. I, reports vary...
You don't remember any of this?
I remember talking the feds out of telling my father. Or, or paying the feds out of telling my father. I get fuzzy on the aspect...
...
Jayne
So like, never?
Jayne
Not ever ever?
Some orders allow shepherds to marry, but I follow a narrower path.
Jayne
But you still got the urge? They don't...cut it off or nothin'?
No, I'm more or less intact. I just...direct my energy elsewhere.
Jayne
You mean like masturbatin'?
I hope you're not thinking of taking orders yourself?
Jayne
Heheh, yeah, that's be the day.
JJayne (in River's head)
I got stupid, the money was too good.
BBook (in River's head)
I don't give half a hump if you're innocent or not. So where does that put you?
(back to reality, Jayne and Book are laughing)
Jayne
Saint Jayne, got a ring to it!
I'm just trying to remember how many miracles you've performed.
Jayne
I once hit a guy in the neck from five hundred yards with a bent scope, don't that count upstairs?
Oh, it'll be taken into consideration.
Jayne
You made that sound kinda ominous.
...
You know, the only thing you're gonna find in New Melborne is fish and fish-related activities, so unless you got the overwhelming urge to gut sturgeon--and who hasn't, occasionally--
But it's a layover point for almost every planet this side of the system. I could--I just don't want to draw this out.
Have you decided when you're gonna tell the others?
I...No. I appreciate your not saying anything.
Well, I don't. So make up your mind.
IInara (in River's head)
I'm a big girl, just tell me.
MMal (in River's head)
None of it means a damn thing.
...
[River bends down to look at a bent branch on the leaf-strewn cargo bay floor and picks it up]
It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think.
...
[River comes out of a vision to find herself holding a gun, which Mal takes from her.]
Fully loaded, safety off. This here is a recipe for unpleasantness. [to Simon] Does she understand that?
She understands. She doesn't comprehend.
Well, I'm glad we've made that distinction.
Girl knows things. Things she shouldn't. Things she couldn't.
Jayne
What, are you— are you sayin' she's a witch?
[sarcastically] Yes, Jayne. She's a witch. She has had congress with the beast.
Jayne
She's in Congress?
How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious.
. . .
Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction.
We live in a spaceship, dear.
. . .
Jayne
Well… I don't like the idea of someone hearin' what I'm thinkin'.
No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking.
The Alliance could have any number of uses for a psychic.
A psychic… or an assassin.
She's just a kid! And she just wants to be a... kid.
I wish it were that simple.
Jayne
Yeah, and if wishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak.
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