Feb 16

“You ever been tortured, Jayne?” Zoë asked.

“Walked in on the cap’n showering once.” Jayne shuddered. “There’s a day I’d like to forget.”

“You think that’s bad?” Simon whispered back. “I’m the one who has to see everyone on this ship naked. Every time someone gets shot or stabbed or tortured, to bring up current events, I—”

“I’m so sorry to interrupt, but, children? Perhaps we can stop bickering for five seconds and work out a rutting plan.”

“Inara, did you just say ruttin’?”

“Actually she said ‘rutting.’ With a ‘g’,” Simon offered.