A thin smile crossed Mal's lips as Kaylee stretched up to kiss his cheek, offering a nod in quiet agreement to her request for help. To get Serenity in the Sky there wasn't anything he wouldn't do. Being grounded this long was starting to have its own stir-crazy like effect on the browncoat.
"Me?" Okay, so the surprise was feigned. Sure there were things he wanted to say because he wasn't keen on the idea of anything taking his mechanic's focus away from fixing his ship. But Mal didn't like to get involved in the personal lives of his crew. At least that's what he's always say aloud. It was no secret that he'd pull out all the stops to make it clear to anyone who'd dare to harm those he counted within his family that such actions were not tolerated. "Just keep the bridge off your tour. No one that ain't crew allowed up there. With or without escort."