Moments 27.
Silently he handed her a brown paper bag nervously watching as she pulled out his old handgun and held it gently. He watched as she got a feel for her. Berta was his first handgun, now he wanted River to have her. She enjoyed the feel of Berta in her hand, adjusting her hand when necessary.
Jayne remembered how he got her, his Pa had taken him for his first drink at the local bar when he was 12. He and his Pa had just ordered when the local workin' lady came up to his Pa for some business, but a local drunk stepped in between.
"I've been waitin' whore." The drunk said grabbing her hand. She tried to get out of his hold. When she moved back a little the drunk back handed her. He pulled out a gun and pointed it at Jayne's Pa when he tried to help. A shot was heard and Jayne's Pa was lying on the floor. Jayne tackled the drunk to the ground and wrestled his for the gun.
Another shot was heard, his Pa held his breath from when he was sitting against the bar, holding his stomach. He let it out when Jayne rolled the drunk off of him. Jayne stood up to help his Pa, when the barkeep passed him the gun.
"In this bar, when you kill a man, you keep the gun. Just like your Pa."
Jayne was brought back by the feel of River watchin' him. Jayne's continued to watch River, a smile crossing his face when he realised it fit perfectly into her tiny hands.