"If your aim's to be elsewhere, that can be arranged," said Mal, taking the Shepherd's hand for a firm shake. When he released the grip his arms crossed over his chest, casually standoffish. "Room to yourself, can come and go to the kitchen as you like provided you're not a hoarder. For a fee, of course - they<em>do</em>give you allowance for doing your chores at the abbey, don't they?" Malcolm inclined his head a bit at the last, as if asking in secret, then straightened up to nod back the way he'd come. "Serenity's second-closest land pad. Go on and show him the way, then get yourself aboard, dong ma? And no goin' stray - work to be done and we need to be in the air to do it. That means all hands on board, including yours."<br/><br/>"Besides," he added, "if we left you behind I'd have to listen your brother whine, and that's only fun for the first few hours."