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[simon_doctor]

[From here.]

He takes the stairs to the upper corridor two at a time, hoping fervently that the captain's taken the night watch on the bridge, that he won't have to comm Inara's shuttle to wake him with this kind of news --

Up the corridor from the kitchen, and up the shorter stairway to the bridge, and he stops at the sight of the familiar silhouette in the pilot's seat.

"Mal?"

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[badinlatin]

There's about two seconds where Mal looks like he is sincerely lost for words. There's not much worth actually articulating here, to Simon. He's stated his view of the situation; Mal has to figure out his.

I have to tell the crew I'm leading them toward where Reavers have been. Still are.

Again.

Simon's seen Mal agree to things he hasn't wanted to agree to before.

Haltingly, "Go...wave Crowley.



"I'll set the course in."

Mal knows how.