EXT. EAVESDOWN DOCKS - LATER
Book moves on to Serenity, Kaylee sits outside it in a lawn chair, holding a rainbow-striped parasol. He looks at the ship, never stopping, ‘til Kaylee says, smiling:
KAYLEE: You’re gonna come with us.
BOOK: Excuse me?
KAYLEE: You like ships. You don’t seem to be looking at the destinations. What
you care about is the ships, and mine’s the nicest.
He does stop, gives the ship a look-over.
BOOK: She don’t look like much.
KAYLEE: Well, she’ll fool ya’. You ever sail in a Firefly?
BOOK: Long before you were crawling. Not an aught three, though. Didn’t have
the extenders, tended to shake.
Kaylee gets up from her lawn chair, walks over to Book, twirling her parasol.
KAYLEE: So, uh, how come you don’t care where you’re going?
BOOK: ‘Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
KAYLEE: Are you a missionary?
BOOK: I guess… I’m a Shepherd, from the Southdown Abbey. Book, I’m called
Book. Been out of the world for a spell. Like to walk it a while, maybe bring the word to them as need it told.
KAYLEE: Well, I’m Kaylee. This is Serenity, and she’s the smoothest ride from here to Boros for anyone who can pay. (beat, worried) Can you pay, or… ?
BOOK: Well, I’ve got a little cash, and, uh…
He picks up a small wooden box from his luggage. Shows her the contents. She goes a little bit wide-eyed, eyeing the contents lustfully.
KAYLEE: Ooh, grampa…
BOOK: I never married.
[Screencaps via Can’t Take The Sky; episdoe transcript via Whoa. Good Myth]
Oddly the tumblr slideshow reminds me of a View master.
