The crew are sat round the dining table, except for River and Book.
"The Core?" Wash looks aghast. Even Zoë looks pretty confused.
"We can't!" Simon stares at him and is oblivious to Kaylee's hand on his arm.
"You'll do as I say or you can get off my gorram boat," Mal growls at him.
"Dang ran," Simon snaps back. "Can't mess up the job."
He stomps from the room. Kaylee sits there staring hard at the table.
Jayne folds his arms. "Sounds like suicide."
"Come on Wash," Zoë says to him, "Looks like the Captain has to plan his major crime in peace. Excuse us…sir."
Mal is left sitting at the table. He thumps it with his fist and swears under his breath. "Ni ta ma de! Tian xia shuo yu de ren dou gaisi!"
Seven Bridges Road
Later Kaylee is preparing dinner alone and singing as Mal enters. She gives him a dazzling smile. No one else is talking to him.
"There are stars in the southern sky
Southward as you go.
There is moonlight and moss in the trees
Down the Seven Bridges Road."
Mal can't resist joining in. Only Kaylee can shake him from his funk.
"Now I have loved you like a baby...
Like some lonesome child,
And I have loved you in a tame way,
And I have loved you wild.
Sometimes there's a part of me
Has to turn from here and go...
Running like a child from these warm stars
Down the Seven Bridges Road.
There are stars in the southern sky.
And if ever you decide you should go.
There is a taste of time, sweet and honey
Down the seven bridges road."
Translation Notes:
Dang ran: of course
Ni ta ma de! Tian xia shuo yu de ren dou gaisi! - Motherhumper! Everyone in the universe should die!