Malcolm managed not to frown at his cleared plate. It wasn't anything serious, but he'd keep it in mind. Whether the the doctor was preoccupied with the stranger coming in with his sister - something Mal found curious enough himself not even being related to the girl - or by the thing he had going with Kaylee didn't matter one way or the other. If he couldn't keep his mind on what he was told to do they'd have problems. Nothing worth a fuss yet, but he'd have to keep it in mind, time came he had something more serious for Simon to do than give a cabin tour.<br/><br/>"Why waste time? No reason you should have to stand by waiting to get settled, paying customer like yourself." The Captain cleared his place at the table and nodded for the shepherd to follow. "Best to get acquainted with the ship early on anyways, so's to not get lost later. Wouldn't want you accidentally ending up someplace dangerous, maybe you shouldn't be, would we? Passenger cabins are this way."<br/><br/>Walking eased things a bit. There wasn't a conscious effort to be more personable, but just having something to do loosened it up a little. Malcolm remarked on the plainness of the ship as a perk, how it had been what drew him to the old girl back when they first met, that it had done right by him more than a few times. "Kaylee'd have more to say on the panels and hatches and so on. Don't go askin' though, not if you value your ears. Girl would peel them right off your head you gave her the chance to get goin' about engines and hulls and...engine hulls," he concluded on their way down the stairs beside the infirmary.