"Tell 'em I was here to see you? And ruin the surprise? Now where's the fun in that?" Mal wasn't the type to go looking for a fight, that was more of Jayne's forte. But stuck in a place he wasn't familiar with, with enough questions to overload the whole gorram Cortex -- he got a bit on the irritable side. It was in that state where he didn't care much for being questioned on where he was going and that was the kind of attitude that guards didn't take kindly to either.
"Beagles, hm? Smallish droppings, as I recall, but made up for those with big howls." Kaylee was sure to be awful sore to hear the doctor saying things like that -- but the less Mal thought of the nether-dealin's of his medic and mechanic, oddly enough the happier he was.
"Leavin' a city ain't exactly a labor of Hercules.." THat's right, he read.. sometimes, not often.. but sometimes. "I've managed before. And once I find the ship, it's only a matter of time. The real question is if you've done become too comfortable in your lil' hospital here to take off into the black again."