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-->'''Nandi''': Oh, Mal, I've been waiting for you to kiss me since I showed you my guns.

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-->'''Nandi''': Oh, Mal, I've been waiting for you to kiss me ever since I showed you my guns.



* PreMortemOneLiner: "Rance, this is Jonah. Say hi to your daddy."

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* PreMortemOneLiner: "Rance, this is Jonah. Say Jonah, say hi to your daddy."
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* GeekyTurnOn: Mal fanboys out a bit over Nandi's collection of antique weaponry. Then, several drinks later ...
-->'''Nandi''': Oh, Mal, I've been waiting for you to kiss me since I showed you my guns.
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* CombatPragmatist: When laying out his battle plan, Mal cautions everyone to avoid shooting enemy horses, but not out of kindness: a live, panicking horse on the battlefield is a useful distraction. A dead horse is nothing but cover for an enemy shooter.
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* ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: ''Literally''.
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Aboard ''Serenity'', Malcolm is cleaning and playing with his guns at the kitchen table when Inara surprises him. As she questions the wisdom of taking over the whole table for his armory, Wash arrives and tells Mal that a distress call came in.....for Inara. Aboard her shuttle, she takes the call from Nandi and it's revealed that the madame of the bordello is a former Companion who was a friend of Inara's years ago; upon leaving the order, Inara was meant to shun her. After Inara hangs up, Mal comes out from where he was obviously eavesdropping and agrees immediately to help the Heart of Gold out with no payment necessary (though Inara still insists on making sure he's paid). Jayne immediately agrees to the job upon finding out that they're helping a whorehouse.

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Aboard ''Serenity'', Malcolm is cleaning and playing with his guns at the kitchen table when Inara surprises him. As she questions the wisdom of taking over the whole table for his armory, Wash arrives and tells Mal that a distress call came in.....in ... for Inara. Aboard her shuttle, she takes the call from Nandi and it's revealed that the madame of the bordello is a former Companion who was a friend of Inara's years ago; upon leaving the order, Inara was meant to shun her. After Inara hangs up, Mal comes out from where he was obviously eavesdropping and agrees immediately to help the Heart of Gold out with no payment necessary (though Inara still insists on making sure he's paid). Jayne immediately agrees to the job upon finding out that they're helping a whorehouse.



As dawn comes, Inara enters Nandi's room and discovers the half-naked Mal in her bed with her. While she doesn't betray her emotions to Mal, she later collapses and sobs in the corner when alone.

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As dawn comes, Inara enters Mal leaves Nandi's room while still half-dressed and discovers bumps into Inara in the half-naked Mal in her bed with her.hallway. While she doesn't betray her emotions to Mal, she later collapses and sobs in the corner when alone.



Back at the Heart of Gold, the surviving mercenaries (including the ones Wash and Kaylee trapped aboard ''Serenity'') are tied up and Burgess is dropped with them. Petaline comes out of the building holding her baby (which she's named Jonah), and coldly shoots Burgess in the head with Nandi's favorite pistol before sending Chari and the captured mercenaries back to the town. The girls give a funeral for their dead, and the ''Serenity'' takes off.

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Back at the Heart of Gold, the surviving mercenaries (including the ones Wash and Kaylee trapped aboard ''Serenity'') are tied up and Burgess is dropped with them. Petaline comes out of the building holding her baby (which she's named Jonah), and coldly shoots Burgess in the head with Nandi's favorite pistol before sending Chari and the captured mercenaries back to the town. The girls give a funeral for their dead, and the ''Serenity'' takes off.



* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: A whole brothel of them, with one exception.

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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: A whole brothel of them, both male and female, with one exception.



* PreMortemOneLiner: "This is Jonah. Say hi to your daddy."

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* PreMortemOneLiner: "This "Rance, this is Jonah. Say hi to your daddy."



** She also gets found out by the end of the siege, and for a moment it looks like she'll be executed for it. Instead she's just made to leave with what's left by Burgess' men.

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** She also gets found out by the end of the siege, and for a moment it looks like she'll be executed for it. Instead she's just made to leave with what's left by of Burgess' men.
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Burgess uses the confusion to dismount his hovercraft, with Chari leading him into the building. Just as Petaline gives birth, Burgess bursts into the room and takes him. While Inara takes Burgess captive with a knife and forces him to hand the infant over, he frees himself and kills Nandi before fleeing. While Burgess attempts to escape on his hovercraft, Mal steals a horse and gives pursuit. Burgess runs out of power for his laser, giving Mal an opportunity to board and capture him.

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Burgess uses the confusion to dismount his hovercraft, with Chari leading him into the building. Just as Petaline gives birth, Burgess bursts into the room and takes him.the baby boy. While Inara takes Burgess captive with a knife and forces him to hand the infant over, he frees himself and kills Nandi before fleeing. While Burgess attempts to escape on his hovercraft, Mal steals a horse and gives pursuit. Burgess runs out of power for his laser, giving Mal an opportunity to board and capture him.

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Inara gets a call from an old friend, who needs help defending her whorehouse.

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The episode opens outside the Heart of Gold bordello, a solar foil-covered building in the middle of barren desert. A hovercraft and party of horses ride up to the bordello, led by Rance Burgess. Burgess is a local rancher, the richest man on the planet who takes advantage of the settlers to take control of the territory. While Nandi (the madame of the house) tries to kick him out, he instead forcefully takes DNA from the unborn child of Petaline (one of the prostitutes) in the hopes of proving that the baby is his. As Burgess and his men leave, the women agree that they need to try and find someone to get rid of him.

Aboard ''Serenity'', Malcolm is cleaning and playing with his guns at the kitchen table when
Inara gets surprises him. As she questions the wisdom of taking over the whole table for his armory, Wash arrives and tells Mal that a distress call came in.....for Inara. Aboard her shuttle, she takes the call from an old friend, Nandi and it's revealed that the madame of the bordello is a former Companion who needs was a friend of Inara's years ago; upon leaving the order, Inara was meant to shun her. After Inara hangs up, Mal comes out from where he was obviously eavesdropping and agrees immediately to help defending the Heart of Gold out with no payment necessary (though Inara still insists on making sure he's paid). Jayne immediately agrees to the job upon finding out that they're helping a whorehouse.

At the Heart of Gold, the group divides up to interact with the women: Jayne grabs one to bed, Book gives services, and Simon goes to examine Petaline. Mal, Inara, and Nandi discuss Rance Burgess and the way he controls the planet; Mal decides that he wants to meet Rance and talk to him before fighting him, and he convinces Inara to pose as his lady as they go to the theater Burgess is attending. As they pose as a wealthy couple, Burgess and Mal size each other up during conversation and Burgess shows off his customized laser pistol. After leaving, Burgess takes a call and discovers to his excitement that Petaline's child is indeed his.

At the Heart of Gold, Mal describes his plan: leave. He finds Burgess too powerful and connected to deal with outside of killing him, and would much rather pack up all of the members of Heart of Gold and transport them to a safer planet. Nandi refuses to abandon the land, as she spent years building
her whorehouse.
business and is willing to die to protect it. Unable to convince her otherwise, Mal agrees to get the crew to train the hookers and prepare for a siege.

The crew of the ''Serenity'' begins their preparations: Book builds fortifications, Zoe and Wash construct traps in the desert sand, Jayne prepares the weapons, and both Jayne and Zoe teach the whores how to shoot. Petaline goes into labor, forcing Simon to care for her despite having never been the primary deliverer before. While Mal admires Nandi's engraved handguns, they discuss why she left Sihnon and the Companions. As they drink, Mal eventually goes in to kiss Nandi and it evolves until they have sex. Back in town, Burgess gathers up a mob; he's received information from Chari, a turncoat Heart of Gold girl, whom he forces to service him in front of the men.

As dawn comes, Inara enters Nandi's room and discovers the half-naked Mal in her bed with her. While she doesn't betray her emotions to Mal, she later collapses and sobs in the corner when alone.

The whole group gets into their defensive positions and waits for the attack, and Nandi speaks to Inara and realizes that she was in love with Mal and is feeling betrayed. While she tries to confront Mal about Inara, Burgess appears on the horizon in his hovercraft (now with a mounted machine gun) and a group of horsemen. The attack begins, with both sides exchanging heavy fire and taking casualties. Wash and Kaylee return to ''Serenity'', planning to fly low over Burgess's mercenaries to burn them with the engines, but find that several of the mercs have already boarded the ship and find themselves in a gun battle. Burgess sets part of the building on fire with his laser, but Book uses a water cannon to put it out and later as a weapon against the horsemen.

Burgess uses the confusion to dismount his hovercraft, with Chari leading him into the building. Just as Petaline gives birth, Burgess bursts into the room and takes him. While Inara takes Burgess captive with a knife and forces him to hand the infant over, he frees himself and kills Nandi before fleeing. While Burgess attempts to escape on his hovercraft, Mal steals a horse and gives pursuit. Burgess runs out of power for his laser, giving Mal an opportunity to board and capture him.

Back at the Heart of Gold, the surviving mercenaries (including the ones Wash and Kaylee trapped aboard ''Serenity'') are tied up and Burgess is dropped with them. Petaline comes out of the building holding her baby (which she's named Jonah), and coldly shoots Burgess in the head with Nandi's favorite pistol before sending Chari and the captured mercenaries back to the town. The girls give a funeral for their dead, and the ''Serenity'' takes off.

Aboard the ship, Mal and Inara meet in the cargo bay. Mal appears ready to talk to Inara seriously about their relationship, only for her to reveal that she's leaving ''Serenity'' and walk away.
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* NotInThisForYourRevolutiion: Jayne doesn't give a crap about the whores and their problems, he just wants sex.

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* NotInThisForYourRevolutiion: NotInThisForYourRevolution: Jayne doesn't give a crap about the whores and their problems, he just wants sex.



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%%* TheSiege* TheSiege: Burgess wants his kid pretty bad, and is willing to lay siege to a brothel to get it.

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%%* DaddyDNATest

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%%* DaddyDNATest* DaddyDNATest: A pivotal part of the plot. If the baby turns out to be Burgess' then he'll take it from its' mother, killing everyone in his way to get to it. And it is.



%%* HookerWithAHeartOfGold
%%* ItCantBeHelped: "Such Is Life"

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%%* HookerWithAHeartOfGold
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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: A whole brothel of them, with one exception.
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* NotInThisForYourRevolutiion: Jayne doesn't give a crap about the whores and their problems, he just wants sex.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Burgess is a real nasty piece of work, to put it mildly. And among other moral failings, he doesn't acknowledge his wife's presence when Mal offers her a compliment, instead thinking Mal's talking about his fancy gun.



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** She also gets found out by the end of the siege, and for a moment it looks like she'll be executed for it. Instead she's just made to leave with what's left by Burgess' men.
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* AmazingFreakingGrace: [[spoiler:Sung at Nandi's funeral]].

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* AmazingFreakingGrace: [[spoiler:Sung Sung at Nandi's funeral]].funeral.
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* AmazingFreakingGrace: [[spoiler:Sung at Nandi's funeral]].


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* PreMortemOneLiner: "This is Jonah. Say hi to your daddy."
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** BondOneLiner: "Say goodbye to your daddy, Jonah."

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Inara gets a call from an old friend, who needs help defending her whorehouse.

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-->'''Mal:''' "They're whores."
-->'''Jayne:''' "I'm in."

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-->'''Mal:''' "They're They're whores."
-->'''Jayne:''' "I'm
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'''Jayne:''' I'm
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--> '''Inara:''' "I wouldn't say I'm entirely okay. I'm a little appalled at [[TakeThat her taste.]]"
* BlatantLies: Mal insisting that he wasn't startled.
** Inara telling Mal she wasn't angry with the captain sleeping with Inara's best friend. [[spoiler:The next scene is of Inara crying her eyes out.]]
* [[spoiler: BoomHeadshot: Rance.]]

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--> '''Inara:''' "I I wouldn't say I'm entirely okay. I'm a little appalled at [[TakeThat her taste.]]"
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* BlatantLies: BlatantLies:
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Mal insisting that he wasn't startled.
** Inara telling Mal she wasn't angry with the captain sleeping with Inara's best friend. [[spoiler:The The next scene is of Inara crying her eyes out.]]
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BoomHeadshot: Rance.]]



--> '''Mal:''' "I'll never understand rich folk. All that money, this is what they do with it."
--> '''Inara''': "It's art."
--> '''Mal''': "It's puppets."
--> '''Inara''': "It's puppet art."

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--> '''Mal:''' "I'll I'll never understand rich folk. All that money, this is what they do with it."
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'''Inara''': "It's It's art."
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'''Mal''': "It's It's puppets."
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--> '''Jayne:''' "Can I start getting sexed already!"

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--> '''Jayne:''' "Can Can I start getting sexed already!"already!



* DaddyDNATest
* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: Nandi.]]
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold
* [[ItCantBeHelped "Such Is Life"]]

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* %%* DaddyDNATest
* %%* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: Nandi.]]
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Nandi.
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* [[ItCantBeHelped %%* ItCantBeHelped: "Such Is Life"]]Life"



* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Non-lethal but Chari gets sexually abused in public by Burgess after she tells him about the siege preparation.
* TheSiege

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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Non-lethal Non-lethal, but Chari gets sexually abused in public by Burgess after she tells him about the siege preparation.
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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Non-lethal but Chari gets sexually abused in public by Burgess after she tells him about the siege preparation.

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* [[spoiler: BoomHeadshot: Rance.]]
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: The shooting script features this little gem:
--> '''Mal:''' "I'll never understand rich folk. All that money, this is what they do with it."
--> '''Inara''': "It's art."
--> '''Mal''': "It's puppets."
--> '''Inara''': "It's puppet art."



* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: Nandi.]]



* TheMole

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* TheMoleTheMole: Chari, one of Nandi's whores.
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** Inara telling Mal she wasn't angry with the captain sleeping with Inara's best friend. [[spoiler:The next scene is of Inara crying her eyes out.]]


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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold
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* TheMole

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* TheSiege
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* BaitAndSwitchComment:
--> '''Inara:''' "I wouldn't say I'm entirely okay. I'm a little appalled at [[TakeThat her taste.]]"
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* [[ItCantBeHelped "Such Is Life"]]

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* [[ItCantBeHelped "Such Is Life"]]Life"]]
* TheMole
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* ContinuityNod: Mal starts kissing a woman then stops for a moment, [[{{FireflyE06OurMrsReynolds}} waiting to see if he passes out or not.]]

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* ContinuityNod: Mal starts kissing a woman then stops for a moment, [[{{FireflyE06OurMrsReynolds}} [[{{Recap/FireflyE06OurMrsReynolds}} waiting to see if he passes out or not.]]
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* ContinuityNod: Mal starts kissing a woman then stops for a moment, [[FireflyE06OurMrsReynolds waiting to see if he passes out or not.]]

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* ContinuityNod: Mal starts kissing a woman then stops for a moment, [[FireflyE06OurMrsReynolds [[{{FireflyE06OurMrsReynolds}} waiting to see if he passes out or not.]]
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* ContinuityNod: Mal starts kissing a woman then stops for a moment, [[FireflyE06OurMsReynolds waiting to see if he passes out or not.]]

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* ContinuityNod: Mal starts kissing a woman then stops for a moment, [[FireflyE06OurMsReynolds [[FireflyE06OurMrsReynolds waiting to see if he passes out or not.]]

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* ContinuityNod: Mal starts kissing a woman then stops for a moment, [[FireflyE06OurMsReynolds waiting to see if he passes out or not.]]



* "[[ItCantBeHelped Such Is Life]]"

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* "[[ItCantBeHelped Such [[ItCantBeHelped "Such Is Life]]"Life"]]
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* DaddyDNATest

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* DaddyDNATestDaddyDNATest
* "[[ItCantBeHelped Such Is Life]]"
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--> '''Jayne:''' "Can I start getting sexed already!"

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--> '''Jayne:''' "Can I start getting sexed already!"already!"
* DaddyDNATest

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* BrutalHonesty: "Can I start getting sexed already."

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* BrutalHonesty: BrutalHonesty:
--> '''Jayne:'''
"Can I start getting sexed already."already!"
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* BlatantLies: Mal insisting that he wasn't startled.

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* BlatantLies: Mal insisting that he wasn't startled.startled.
* BrutalHonesty: "Can I start getting sexed already."
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* AllMenArePerverts: Jayne doesn't want to do the job at first:
-->'''Mal:''' "They're whores."
-->'''Jayne:''' "I'm in."
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* BlatantLies: Mal insisting that he wasn't startled.
* AccidentalInnuendo: Sneaking up on a man handling his weapon.

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* AccidentalPun: Sneaking up on a man handling his weapon.
* BlatantLies: Mal insisting that he wasn't startled.
* AccidentalInnuendo: Sneaking up on a man handling his weapon.
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* BlatantLies: Mal insisting that he wasn't startled.

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* BlatantLies: Mal insisting that he wasn't startled.startled.
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* BlatantLies: Mal insisting that he wasn't startled.

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