"Just what exactly is making you think I'm not, Kaylee?"

Mal shifts in tandem with Kaylee's movements, exasperated and confused. "The last time anybody asked me for a promise to do or not do anything, I was being truthsome when I said that I couldn't promise it, and I damn near had a mutiny on my hands.

"You either get me being truthful, or me lyin' to make you feel better. And the truth, Kaylee, is that I can't promise what ain't happened yet. But Serenity --" Mal's voice slips on the the ship's name. "My ship? Is as much yours as she is mine. If not more.

"Your home is here."

Til you find a better.

"Do the job you're planning to do. I...I ain't going anywhere."