"Fair to say. But I have to hope you understand you can't beat us."
"I got no need to beat you; I just wanna go my way."
"And you can do that," the Operative mentions, thinking he is getting somewhere, "Once you let me take River Tam back home."
A pause, then Mal's grin he normally uses for business. Because this is business, oh aye. "No, no, you're working this deal all crabbed - you gotta open with payment."
"That is a trap." Mal thinks, Gorramit. "I offer money you'll play the man of honor and take umbrage. I ask you to do what's right, you'll play the brigand. I've no stomach for games; I already know you'll not see reason."
Mal stares at the man, hands very close to his holster. "Alliance wanted to show me reason, they shouldn't have sent an assassin."
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"I got no need to beat you; I just wanna go my way."
"And you can do that," the Operative mentions, thinking he is getting somewhere, "Once you let me take River Tam back home."
A pause, then Mal's grin he normally uses for business. Because this is business, oh aye. "No, no, you're working this deal all crabbed - you gotta open with payment."
"That is a trap." Mal thinks, Gorramit. "I offer money you'll play the man of honor and take umbrage. I ask you to do what's right, you'll play the brigand. I've no stomach for games; I already know you'll not see reason."
Mal stares at the man, hands very close to his holster. "Alliance wanted to show me reason, they shouldn't have sent an assassin."