(Mal bursts in on Saffron, gun drawn)
Honey, I'm home.
(Saffron tries to grab the gun away, but Mal wrestles her onto the bed.)
Looks like you get that wedding night after all.
(Saffron fights back harder and they end up on the floor.)
It's the first time, darlin', I think you should be gentle with me.
You gonna kill me?
Can you conjure up a terribly compelling reason for me not to?
I didn't kill you.
You handed me and my crew over to those that would kill us. That buys you nothing.
[smiles] I made you dinner.
Why the act? All the seduction games, the dancin' around folk, there has to be an easier way to steal.
You're assuming the point is the paycheck.
I'm not assuming anything at this point.
How'd you find me?
Only a couple places that shuttle would make it to from where you left… happy to find it intact.
You're quite a man, Malcolm Reynolds. [Seductively] I've been waiting a long time for someone good enough to take me down.
Saffron, you even think about playing me again I will riddle you with holes.
Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.
You've got all kinds o' learnin' and you made me look the fool without even trying, yet here I am, with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Promise me you're gonna kill me soon.
(gets off her) Oh, you already know I ain't gonna.
(sits up) You know, you did pretty well. Most men, they're on me inside of ten minutes. Not trying to teach me to be strong and the like.
I got one question for you, just one thing I'd like to know, straight up.
Ask me.
What's your real name?
(Saffron stares at him, then opens her mouth to answer, he pistol-whips her unconscious)
You'd only lie to me anyhow.
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