![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Kaylee knows that she's the most dangerous person on the ship. Next comes Simon, then Mal, Zoe, Jayne. Mal before Zoe, because Zoe is part of why Mal is dangerous, same way that Jayne comes before River, for all her craziness. Jayne has guns and the keep even knives away from River. Mal has Zoe.
Inara, Wash and Shepherd change positions, depending on her mood and what she's been reading. Adventure novels push Wash to the front, mysteries do the same for Sheperd and a romance or the more lurid thriller can have Inara sneaking in before Jayne, even.
But she takes comfort in the fact that on-ship, she's the most dangerous person.
Simon can kill and no-one would know how or why, unless he told them. He knows stuff about blood vessels, drugs, chemicals.
The ship is owned by Mal and controlled by her. And she's controlled by Mal, more or less, because she can't live only in the ship, without the outside world. Mal can deal with the outside world on it's terms, and she
There are security cameras that came with the ship that even Mal doesn't know about, yet. She's not a voyeur or a creep. She stays out of Wash and Zoe's room, because that's private in a way Inara's work isn't. She's peeked in on the men in the shower, made a few comparisons. She's seen Inara with a couple of clients, and she doesn't know how Inara can keep a straight face when she works.
She keeps track on River for Simon, sometimes, but River is uncannily good at evading the cameras.
And when ship does funny things- doors open when they shouldn't be, crew disappearing off together- well, she keeps track of that. Part of the ship is the crew, and she practically has a duty to keep an eye on them too.
Mal is her captain, and she abides by his judgment. So she doesn't say anything to Simon or Zoe or Shepherd. Not even Inara, who knows how to keep secrets- companions probably have training in that, too.
But she waits until breakfast, until most of the crew are finished and she's picking over her plate when Jayne comes in. last one in has to clean up, so she leaves her plate on the table when she gets up.
Jayne sits down and starts to eat and she pauses barely a second, bends down and says just "I know," just above a whisper in his ear. She doesn't look back, but she pats her tool-belt as she exits.
Inara, Wash and Shepherd change positions, depending on her mood and what she's been reading. Adventure novels push Wash to the front, mysteries do the same for Sheperd and a romance or the more lurid thriller can have Inara sneaking in before Jayne, even.
But she takes comfort in the fact that on-ship, she's the most dangerous person.
Simon can kill and no-one would know how or why, unless he told them. He knows stuff about blood vessels, drugs, chemicals.
The ship is owned by Mal and controlled by her. And she's controlled by Mal, more or less, because she can't live only in the ship, without the outside world. Mal can deal with the outside world on it's terms, and she
There are security cameras that came with the ship that even Mal doesn't know about, yet. She's not a voyeur or a creep. She stays out of Wash and Zoe's room, because that's private in a way Inara's work isn't. She's peeked in on the men in the shower, made a few comparisons. She's seen Inara with a couple of clients, and she doesn't know how Inara can keep a straight face when she works.
She keeps track on River for Simon, sometimes, but River is uncannily good at evading the cameras.
And when ship does funny things- doors open when they shouldn't be, crew disappearing off together- well, she keeps track of that. Part of the ship is the crew, and she practically has a duty to keep an eye on them too.
Mal is her captain, and she abides by his judgment. So she doesn't say anything to Simon or Zoe or Shepherd. Not even Inara, who knows how to keep secrets- companions probably have training in that, too.
But she waits until breakfast, until most of the crew are finished and she's picking over her plate when Jayne comes in. last one in has to clean up, so she leaves her plate on the table when she gets up.
Jayne sits down and starts to eat and she pauses barely a second, bends down and says just "I know," just above a whisper in his ear. She doesn't look back, but she pats her tool-belt as she exits.
