"A mutant... I confess I haven't dealt with anything that might be considered such, but I suppose, given what I've seen here, the idea is hardly ridiculous," Inara admitted. Reavers were the closest thing to mutants that she herself had seen, and they were little more than the result of a crazy, drug experiment gone wrong. No, the only person she'd ever known with powers of any sort was...
Inara trained her eyes not to fall on River, focusing them instead on Brock as they continued their conversation. She was sure Simon wouldn't appreciate her even involuntarily grouping River in the same category as the Head Doctor or any of his monsters. To be sure, they were in entirely different leagues.
Earth, however, she knew a little something about and smiled in recognition.
"Perhaps our 'worlds' aren't so completely different, then," she replied. "Where I come from, man used up all the resources on Earth and had to migrate to another system, one with numerous, inhabitable planets." Another charming smile was flashed. "I have heard stories about New York, though. It certainly has made its place in the history books."
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Inara trained her eyes not to fall on River, focusing them instead on Brock as they continued their conversation. She was sure Simon wouldn't appreciate her even involuntarily grouping River in the same category as the Head Doctor or any of his monsters. To be sure, they were in entirely different leagues.
Earth, however, she knew a little something about and smiled in recognition.
"Perhaps our 'worlds' aren't so completely different, then," she replied. "Where I come from, man used up all the resources on Earth and had to migrate to another system, one with numerous, inhabitable planets." Another charming smile was flashed. "I have heard stories about New York, though. It certainly has made its place in the history books."