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Re: audio; me again. post-smiley... post.

[doc_pompous]

[Okay just...hang on.]

Is this about Smiley's post?

[Of course it's about Smiley's post, but Simon is kind of rationalizing the fact that Jayne wants to stick together.]

audio; me again. post-smiley... post.

[bribed]

That thing knows... things.

[ A+ words. ]

It ain't right, an' I think we'd all sleep a might better if we knew them Hands of Blue weren't comin' 'round the hallway.

[ Because he remembers running from them in Ariel and it's not an experience he'd like to repeat. ]

[doc_pompous]

I don't know how it knows things, that's the problem.

[A SIGH.]

I'm going to move to River's floor, I should have done it ages ago. I'm sure there are plenty of empty rooms if you wanted to join us.

[bribed]

It knew 'bout what happened with the mudders, too.

[ It makes his skin crawl. ]

Might see if there's one I like, yeah.

[doc_pompous]

Now I'm glad I didn't try to talk to it.

[a w k w a r d]

It's a good idea. To all be on the same floor.

[bribed]

Yeah. Ain't lookin' for more surprises on this ship, guess it makes no sense to be invitin' 'em by stayin' apart.

[doc_pompous]

She thinks they're here.

[bribed]

Think we'd have noticed 'em on the ship.

[doc_pompous]

Exactly, but that isn't going to convince her.

[bribed]

[ There's a pause, and then a sigh. ]

Could take her on a walk around the thing. She's a ruttin' Reader, ought to be able to tell if they've been there.

[doc_pompous]

I have a feeling that might just make it worse. She's obviously picking up on something in the ship and just...trying to put it in context, comparing it to things she already knows.

[bribed]

Great. [ UGH READERS. ... wait. ]

Maybe that Smiley thing is a Reader, too? It'd explain how it knows.

[doc_pompous]

I'm not sure of anything at this point.

[bribed]

Well that's great.

[doc_pompous]

Did you expect me to have an answer, or something? I'm just as in the dark on this ship as anyone else.

[bribed]

[ A grunt. ] Just don't like this place.

[doc_pompous]

I'd be hard-pressed to find someone who does.

[bribed]

If it weren't for all the creepifyin' things, maybe it wouldn't be so bad. You two wouldn't be hunted all over the ass-end of the 'verse.

[doc_pompous]

Well, we can't be sure of that now, either.

[tl;dr smiley knows about the hands of blue somehow and this entire situation is dumb and terrible]

[bribed]

Stars ain't right. This ain't our 'verse.

[doc_pompous]

Still, I'll move upstairs. We'll keep each other safe as best we can.

['We', of course, meaning the collective 'we', not you specifically, Jayne, because that's weird.]

[bribed]

Yeah.

... Maybe you oughta learn to shoot, Doc.

[doc_pompous]

Yes, maybe I should.

Are you...offering? Maybe that's a little presumptuous of me.

[bribed]

Uh. [ He hadn't been, really, but now that Simon mentions it... ]

Prob'ly better me than one o' the others in gunnery. An' it's my job an' all on here, now.

[doc_pompous]

You do know I've held a gun maybe...three times in my entire life.