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After a year and a half of being back on Serenity, on top of all the time she'd spent with Mal before being in Fandom, Zoe was used to the fact that none of his plans ever went quite right, but this job was taking things to a whole new height of screwed up. It wasn't that Highgate wasn't a pretty world - the snowfall gave everything a crystalline quality that was a nice change of pace from the dust and smoke they usually found out in the Rim - and the people they'd encountered so far were especially nice.
But that, of course, was the problem. No one this far out had any reason to be nice to outsiders, even children, and when the little ones had played with Grace and shared their bread, Zoe had exchanged a look with Mal that let her know he was as suspicious as she was.
( In which a Plot-That-Never-Was is stolen. )
[Ah, there's nothing quite like finishing something right at the last moment! Taken from... an episode idea that Joss had but never had the chance to implement! Cut for length and light drama. NFI, NFB, etc.!]
But that, of course, was the problem. No one this far out had any reason to be nice to outsiders, even children, and when the little ones had played with Grace and shared their bread, Zoe had exchanged a look with Mal that let her know he was as suspicious as she was.
( In which a Plot-That-Never-Was is stolen. )
[Ah, there's nothing quite like finishing something right at the last moment! Taken from... an episode idea that Joss had but never had the chance to implement! Cut for length and light drama. NFI, NFB, etc.!]
