Kaylee froze up immediately after he asked why she was laughing at him. She wasn't trying to laugh at him, it was more with him. Er. But he hadn't been happy, more frustrated. And now, now he was fixin to be anger or hurt by her. Kaylee shuffled her feet a bit nervously and steeled herself for yellin'.
But it didn't come. Instead he was whisperin' his words, which made her lean forward a little to catch it. Years near a rumblin engine made her a wee bit hard of hearin'. Kaylee frowned a bit. It wasn't a rail system, really, more of a shuttle system now a days. Not here at least. Mal and Inara had warned her about things like this, people didn't understand what they were talkin' about when they talked about future stuff. Kaylee bit her lip sheepishly.
"I...I care." Kaylee stayed where she was, he looked scared of her, almost. She didn't want that, not at all.
"I.. I wasn't trying to laugh at you, I understood your frustration really. This place isn't.. it isn't ome, you know? Where I'm from we don't use automobiles no more, least not like this. I mean, look at me, I'm used to spaceships and flyin' round the galaxy. Not.. not pavement and the loud noises of the city and stuff like this. All this weird goin' on has got me right in a corner. Feelin' all small." Kaylee wanted to step forward, maybe hug the scare out of him.
but as she recalled, not everyone liked that sorta stuff. Not at all.
"I'm sorry. I just.. I laughed because I know what it's like. To be all twittered in the head about this place. I can't find a pressure coil ta'fix serenity. Got me all flustered and cussin somethin' awful really. I'm sorry. I really am." Kaylee looked at the ground a minute. "I'm no hero, that's for sure, just some mechanic from some back galaxy dust planet. Nothin' special bout me at all cept how I work with machines and engines. It's the only gift I really have and.. well. Here! Um. You can laugh at me.. about.." Kaylee thought good long and hard.
"About my name! It's horrible, my parents thought it as cte, or something. It's really bad its.." her voice got softer, obviously embarrassed by it. "Kaywinnit Lee Frye." Kaylee grimaced at her own name.
"Most everyone calls me Kaylee though. That's what I prefer, but go ahead and laugh. Really. It'll make you feel better. I didn't mean ta make you feel bad. In fact I feel bad for making you feel bad."