The Morning After
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(Mal and Nandi lay asleep together, content. Nandi wakes up and smiles at the sleeping Mal)
(Mal is coming quitly out of Nandi's room - just as Inara is walking past)
Mal: Um...
Inara: Well.
Mal: I was just, um, I had to tell Nandi about the...It's near time to...Big fight today.
Inara: Mal. Please.
Mal: Hey, no, I've got, I've been thinking...
Inara: So you took to bed with Nandi. I'm glad.
Mal: Thinking and pondering the - Glad?
Inara: Yes! She's a dear friend, and probably in need of some comfort about now.
Mal: Well, I...
Inara: One of the virtues of not being puritanical about sex is not being embarrassed afterwards. You should look into it.
Mal: Well, I just...didn't want you to think I was taking advantage of your friend.
Inara: She's well worth taking advantage of, I sincerly hope you did.
Mal: So you're okay. Well, yeah. Why wouldn't you be?
Inara: I wouldn't say I'm entirely okay. I'm a little appalled at her taste.
(Smiling, she turns and exits)
(The sun is rising higher now, Jayne stirs and cuddles in to Helen)
(Inara is sitting in the floor in the corner of a room. Sobbing her heart out.)