"Don't really answer my question much," Kaylee replied evenly, "Cept that last part. Ya don't always need to really meet death ta be shaken ta pieces for awhile by it." She knew that well, that when death even appeared to be coming after you, it could leave you shaken and not really knowing what to do.
At his angry statement, she nodded, before muttering, "Half sounds like the Alliance."
With her fingers and palm already on his forearm, her hand moved to rub along his skin in some sort of comforting movement. Instinctive and not particularly acknowledged consciously. Just trying to make him feel a bit better, or at least tell them both that they were both physically there. Which was not exactly a certainty in this place.