The women seemed younger than the man she was with. To Simon, she seemed to be about twenty years old, the man looked to be in his early thirty's. She wore a bright pink, long sleeve shirt and what looked like a mechanics uniform. She had the sleeves wrapped around her waist, so the rest hung loosely over his hips.

They walked through the isles and took a seat at a booth toward the back. It just happened to be beside Simon and River's. The man looked around the café, he was uncomfortable.

Simon looked over at his sister, who was still looking over his shoulder. She could see the back of the women head and the man was facing her. Though, he didn't seem to notice her staring.

"River! Don't stare." Simon quietly scolded his sister. She smiled shyly and looked at her drink. Mindlessly moving her straw around. She suddenly seemed very sad and closed off. Simon tried his best to give her his attention, but in the back of his mind, he could here the two behind him conversing.

"I'm going to miss this place. You always get to see strange…new people…" River said softly. Almost as if she wasn't talking to Simon.

"Don't worry, mei mei, you'll get to meet new people at the Academy. Plus, we can always come here when you visit. It will be like you never left." Simon said with a reassuring smile. River looked back at her drink like it was a mystery as Simon listened to women behind him laugh at something the man said. Her laughter invaded his ears. He watched as River stood up.

"I have to use the restroom." She said simply, without much emotion. She left in the direction of the bathroom. Simon then turned his attentions to the conversation in the booth behind him. He heard the man speak first, in a deep, husky voice.

"Just hurry up and eat." He said. Then, Simon heard the women speak. Her voice was happy and enthusiastic.

"Don't be silly, Cap'n. You shouldn't be so stressed out." She said. Simon concluded that the man was a Captain of a ship. Simon wondered where the women played out on his crew.

"Well, it's bad enough somethin's wrong with my boat…but I had to land here. In Capitol City. A place crawlin' with Feds. The sooner we get off this rock, the better." Simon thought that this conversation was just getting interesting.

"Then where to?" The women asked.

"Well…we gotta make a stop in Whitefall. Then…wherever the black takes us…if you can get that damn engine workin' again." He said to her. The girl made a small laughing sound.

"Well…no need to worry. I sent Jayne and Wash to buy the catalyzer. If all goes well, by the time we're back on Serenity, they'll have it." Simon smiled. She was the mechanic. He thought it extraordinary, she seemed so young and full of spunk.

"You sent Jayne and Wash? Together? Are you out of your gorram mind? Jayne will end up killin' every living person in that junk yard!" The Captain said loudly.

"I know, but Zoë went to buy food and to get us a job." She said. She sounded so innocent; Simon wanted to defend her case. Even though, he didn't really know her case.

"Gorramit, Kaylee. Okay…you stay here. Ima go find Jayne and Wash and make sure they haven't started killin' no one. Don't go anywhere. Got it?" He asked, and then left the café in a hurry.