Any Better?
"I'm not sure. She seems to be getting better one day - no outbursts or sudden mood changes, no dreams-"
"No swearing loudly and throwing things?" Mal asked with a half amused look on his face, remembering how bad River had been a few months back while they'd had a herd of cattle on board.
"No… No swearing loudly and throwing things… So I start to believe she's getting better, but then she has these moments where it doesn't seem she notices where she is, who she's talking, who she is…"
"What do you mean, Doc?"
"Well, take last night for example. I woke up to her talking to herself beside my bed. She said she hadn't had any dreams but that there had been a beast in my room. Then she went back to bed."
"She certainly is an odd one."
"She ain't just odd, Cap'n. That girl's ruttin' crazy!" Jayne interrupted with a grunt as he entered the med lab.
"Ah…" Simon quickly blocked Jayne from entering further, "Here, let me help you. What is it you need?" Ever since the job in "Mudville", Simon was wary about letting Jayne into the lab unless he was injured.
Jayne opened his mouth to say something, but considered the look the captain was giving him and grunted as if to say 'fine'.
"Just a coupl'a them pills fer gettin' rid o' the pain. My leg's botherin' me again."
"Do you want me to-"
"No. Just some o' them pills'll be fine, Doc."
"Alright… Tell me if you ever want me to look at it."
Jayne grunted again, taking the pills Simon offered and then left. Mal chuckled, quietly shaking his head.
"What's so funny?" Simon asked warily.
"Nothin'. So, where were we? You said she was talkin' about some beast last night…"
"Yeah." Simon's voice trailed off as he began to organize his medical tools. Mal noticed this, sensing that something about this subject made the doctor uneasy. Whenever he was uneasy, he tended to need to be doing something.
"So, all in all, you think she's gettin' any better?"
"I suppose…"
Simone was reluctant to answer now and Mal silently wondered what was going through the young medical genius' mind.
"Well, you keep workin' I guess… I'm gonna go do, y'know.. Captain-y things…"
"Yes. Alright."
"Dinner's at 6 and as usual, no need to dress."
