:43:01
Hiding ain't a plan?
:43:03
It'll do you for a spell.
:43:04
And the folks
here'll be glad
of the extra coin.
:43:06
But the Alliance
will be coming.
:43:08
They're after this girl
with a powerful will.
:43:12
I look to hear the tromp
of their boots any moment.
:43:17
You won't.
:43:20
This isn't
a palms-up military run, Mal.
:43:24
No reports broadwaved...
:43:27
no warrants.
:43:28
Much as they want her,
they want her hid.
:43:31
That means closed file.
:43:34
Means an operative.
:43:36
Which is trouble
you've not known.
:43:41
I could have left her there.
:43:45
I had an out.
:43:47
Hell, I had every reason
in the 'verse...
:43:49
to leave her lay
and haul anchor.
:43:52
It's not your way, Mal.
:43:55
I have a way?
:43:57
That better than a plan?
:43:59
Only one thing is gonna
walk you through this, Mal.
:44:04
Belief.
:44:07
You know I always look
to you for counsel...
:44:09
but sermons make me
sleepy, Shepherd.
:44:12
I ain't looking for help
from on high.
:44:15
That's a long wait
for a train don't come.
:44:18
When I talk about belief,
why do you always assume
I'm talking about God?
:44:27
They'll come at you sideways.
:44:30
It's how they think.
It's how they move.
:44:33
Sidle up and smile.
Hit you where you're weak.
:44:39
Sort of man
they're like to send
believes hard.
:44:43
Kills and never asks why.
:44:49
It's of interest to me
how much you seem
to know about that world.
:44:52
I wasn't born
a Shepherd, Mal.
:44:54
Have to tell me
about that sometime.
:44:58
No, I don't.