Mal didn't make it halfway down the steps into the corridor before Wash spoke.

Staring at the step below him, Mal matches Wash's tone -- friendly, but probably more tired than exasperated -- "Things ain't goin' so well 'tween me and Kaylee, and I didn't tell Zoe a lot of things what happened with me leading up to Miranda. And I don't know how to say it to her now."

"I'll stick to the coffee I think."