"mmph." The girl really did make the sweetest noises. Saffron (still keeping that name a little bit longer, just keeping things straight) turned from the mirror, putting on a shy smile.
"Saffron, honey?" Kaylee mumbled, sleepily. "You goin' away?"
Saffron knelt by the bunk. "Sweet Kaylee, you know I have to see to my husband."
"mmph." Kaylee pouted some. "He's still a fink, you know."
Saffron sighed. Time was running short. "I know. But it's still required of me to see to him." Good Buddha of all things holy and otherwise, how much longer did she have to mangle her syntax like this?
"Comin' back?" Kaylee was drifting off, back into her sated sleep. Saffron smiled indulgently.
"Soon enough." Saffron waited by the bed a few moments longer, listening to Kaylee's breathing even out. Once it did, she stood, and checked her lipstick in the mirror once more. Perfect.
Now for Malcolm Reynolds.