Post-Attack with Mal.

[badinlatin]

"But I'll be here when you're done..."

The first conscious thought that occurs to Captain Reynolds is that he is very cold, and that this condition might be due to the fact he has no shirt on and is lying facedown on an examination table.

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Mal quickly attempts getting up - too quickly - and immediately falls back down on the table, pain zipping through his right side.

Once it passes through Mal's head that he should look around this room he's in, he might see Simon's meticulously-ordered medical supplies throughout this sterile room.

And the person about to enter into it.

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[gonna_live]

She wipes away her tears with the side of her hand, smiling. "Yeah. Now you lie down or when Simon comes back he's gonna yell, and we don't want that. You gotta be back up and be mean soon, anyhow, or Jayne's gonna take over the ship."

[badinlatin]

"Can't have that - either Doc yellin' or Jayne taking over." Mal leans back on his side, then back onto his stomach, watching Kaylee leave the infirmary out of the corner of his eye.
The heart of any ship is her engine. Takes talent to fix engines. Takes talent to fix hearts, too.