elite_muses, topic 12: Trust
The majority of human beings tend to be very...free with the word 'trust.' I suppose a good way to put it is that it is much easier to use the word as noun than it is to use it as a verb. Of course, there are many different levels of trust; you may know with complete certainty that you can trust someone with a possession, or a task, but could you go so far as to trust him with your life? Or your heart? So you see, it's all relative to the person.
To me, the word itself is...commercial. It’s a business term. It's a certainty that a person will not fail you; they're dependable, reliable, and worthy of confidence. Clean, sterile little words. Then, of course there's faith, the distant cousin of trust, which is...more spiritual. More emotional, I would say, and more to do with what you see in a person than what their record of reliance and dependability shows. I think it's possible to have faith in a person but still be unable to put your full trust in them.
There are those that trust easily. Darling Kaylee...she can find something bright in almost every person she meets. Even after everything she's seen, she's still able to see the beauty in the smallest things. She gives her faith easily--too easily, if I'm to be honest. It has, on occasion, lead her to heartbreak and disappointment. Yet she remains unjaded by those experiences; if she weren't, she simply wouldn't be Kaylee.
The rest of the crew, though...they've seen far too much ugliness in the 'verse to claim the same. In the world they live in, you don't keep your friends close and your enemies closer; you stay far away from your enemies, you don't turn your back on your friends and you keep one eye on your supposed allies at all times, lest they shoot you in the side before you can manage to turn and draw. They trust themselves, and to different degrees (and admittedly in some cases, very distant degrees), they trust each other. As I said, it's business--they have to trust each other, or they’d kill each other go completely crazy never get a job done.
But as for their faith in one another? It's unshakeable. They believe in each other, all of them. Even Jayne. Even Mal.
And don't let them tell you differently.
Trust me, I'm a Companion. It's my job to see the things people try to keep hidden.
Muse: Inara Serra
Fandom: Firefly
Word Count: 422