"River became different after Miranda. Not, like completely, but I mean you didn't have to take care of her all the time and things were a lot different from where I'm from.. Mal liked you. He'd still like you here. He just gets really uppity when he feels like he's not needed none. That make sense?" Kaylee hoped it did.
Can we be friends?
It wasn't that Kaylee didn't want to be Simon's friend, she was Simon's friend, but the sound of that was like. Can we just be friends, instead of can we be friends. She was trying to not think that. Because.. because it meant..
Well.. This wasn't the Simon she exactly knew anymore..
"You're not bad at talkin' to people. You're bad at relatin'. Used to a bit too many proper things and nice clothes and stuff. But I bet the city will cure you of it in no time, considerin' Serenity cured a bit of that um.. I really should stop.. mentioning.." Kaylee reached up with her free hand to scratch the back of her head.
"It's kind of complicated. Sorry." Kaylee smiled anyway.