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Mal: Think those girls will do all right?
Inara: She taught them well.
Mal: Yeah.
Inara: I’m glad you were with her last night. I am.
Mal: Yeah well, I ain’t. Hell, I wish I never met her. Then I wouldn’t have failed her.
Inara: That wasn’t the way of it.
Mal: That’s a kindness, but nothin’ you say’ll convince me different.
Inara: Well, I‘m still glad.
Mal: So you weren’t before? Inara, I ain’t looking for anything from you. I’m just, uh, feeling kinda truthsome right now, and life’s just too damn shorts for ifs and maybes.
Inara: I learned something from Nandi. Not just from what happened but from her. The family she made, the strength of her love for them -- that's what kept them together. When you live with that kind of strength, you get tied to it. You can’t break away, and you never want to. There’s something... there’s something I should have done a long while ago. And I’m sorry for both of us that it took me this long. I’m leaving.
Inara: She taught them well.
Mal: Yeah.
Inara: I’m glad you were with her last night. I am.
Mal: Yeah well, I ain’t. Hell, I wish I never met her. Then I wouldn’t have failed her.
Inara: That wasn’t the way of it.
Mal: That’s a kindness, but nothin’ you say’ll convince me different.
Inara: Well, I‘m still glad.
Mal: So you weren’t before? Inara, I ain’t looking for anything from you. I’m just, uh, feeling kinda truthsome right now, and life’s just too damn shorts for ifs and maybes.
Inara: I learned something from Nandi. Not just from what happened but from her. The family she made, the strength of her love for them -- that's what kept them together. When you live with that kind of strength, you get tied to it. You can’t break away, and you never want to. There’s something... there’s something I should have done a long while ago. And I’m sorry for both of us that it took me this long. I’m leaving.