[Kaylee watched as Aisling joined her, finding the idea of curling up like that to be very appealing suddenly, closing in on herself both physically and mentally. She wanted so badly to just turn the sunshine back on and stop hurting, stop feeling like this, stop feeling like she wasn't herself, but she knew it wasn't that simple.]

I think... I think I can understand that, too. I fix machines for a livin'. It's what I'm good at, and I got a natural talent for it. I do that here, but it ain't the same as home. It ain't my ship. I don't know this city like I knew Serenity.

[She brushed a strand of her own hair behind one ear.]

It is hard to be in a new place 'n see strange things. And scary. We sometimes try to pretend it ain't, but... hell, I'm used to traveling, but I could always leave, before. We could always fly away and not be so grounded. I just try not to think 'bout ti too much.