[Mal, Zoe, and Jayne watch Book's operation just outside Magellans surgery room.]
This place gives me an uncomfortableness.
Safe
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much. And... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets... and...
It's okay.
But I understand. You gave up everything you had to find me. You found me broken. It's hard for you. [breaking] You gave up everything you had.
Mei-mei. Everything I have... is right here.
. . .
We won't be here long. Daddy will come, and take us home. And I'll get better. I'll get better.
It's been a big day, what with the abduction, and all.
[Doralee reacts in alarm to River's ability to discern her young mute charge's tragedy.]
"And they shall be among the people, and they shall speak truths and whisper secrets, and you will know them by their crafts."
What are you talking about?
"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live!"
[Flashback to an adult Simon, detained by the authorities and facing his angry father.]
Have you completely lost your mind?
Pretty nearly.
We got the wave at the Friedlichs. I had to leave your mother at the dinner table!
I'm sorry, Dad. You know I would never have tried to save River's life if I had known there was a dinner party at risk!
Are you coming home?
They let us come, and they let us go. What kind of ident card gets us that kind of reception and send-off?
I am a Shepherd. Folks like a man of God.
No, they don't. Men of God make everyone feel guilty and judged.
It's good to be home.
[Simon pleads with the hill folk, who have tied River to a stake, preparing to burn her.]
She has done nothing to you! If she dies tonight, it won't be God's will that killed her! It'll be you! Your lunacy, your... ignorance!
. . .
[Unable to free his sister, Simon climbs onto the pyre and holds River.]
Light it.
Time to go.
[A blast of wind signals the arrival of Serenity. Jayne cocks a shotgun from the cargo hold while Mal and Zoe approach on foot.]
Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us?
Big damn heroes, sir.
Ain't we just? [Moves to front of crowd, covers them with shotgun.] Sorry to interrupt, folks, but y'all got something that belongs to us, and we'd like it back.
PPatron
This is a holy cleansing. You cannot think to thwart God's will.
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. [But] It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really, it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
[Mal turns to Simon.]
Gotta say, Doctor, your talent for alienatin' folks is near miraculous.
Yes, I'm very proud.
[Mal addresses the crowd again.]
Cut her down!
PPatron
The girl is a witch.
Yeah, but she's our witch. [cocks gun] So cut her the hell down.
So, finally a decent wound on this ship, and I miss out. I'm sorry.
Well, you were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.
Captain, why did you come back for us?
You're on my crew.
Yeah, but you don't even like me. Why'd you come back?
You're on my crew. Why're we still talking about this?
[Simon and River enter the common room as Mal is telling a joke over dinner.]
So then the Shepherd says to the Companion, "Well, a good goat'll do that."
Our Mrs. Reynolds
[Horse-mounted bandits accost a Conestoga wagon-like raft, driven by Jayne and a hunched-over woman.]
BBandit
You gonna give us what's due us. And every damn thing else on that boat. And I think maybe you gonna give me a little one-on-one time with the missus.
Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature.
[The "woman" looks up — it's Mal in a dress.]
How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people?
If I could make you prettier I would!
You are not the man I met a year ago!
[Mal and Jayne get the draw on the bandits.]
Now think real hard. You been bird-doggin' this township awhile now. They wouldn't mind a corpse of you. Now, you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you.
So… explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress?
Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. Besides, them soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. There's a whole… airflow.
And you'd know that because…?
You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I am a mystery.
[laughs] Best keep it that way. I withdraw the question.
[aside, to Jayne, upon hearing he is married] How drunk was I last night?
I 'unno, I passed out.
Right.
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