Comfort.
Mal: "It ain't all buttons and charts, little albatross. You know what the first rule of flyin' is? Well, I suppose you do, since you already know what I'm about to say."
River: "I do. But I like to hear you say it."
Mal: "Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air that you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of worlds. And love keeps her in the air when she oughtta fall down… tells ya she's hurtin' 'fore she keens... makes her a home."
River: "Storm's getting worse."
Mal: "We'll pass through it soon enough."
-- Serenity
Roa comes home after Tialith's flight.
Things left unsaid.
River: "I do. But I like to hear you say it."
Mal: "Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air that you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of worlds. And love keeps her in the air when she oughtta fall down… tells ya she's hurtin' 'fore she keens... makes her a home."
River: "Storm's getting worse."
Mal: "We'll pass through it soon enough."
-- Serenity
Roa comes home after Tialith's flight.
Things left unsaid.