(As Mal cleans his gun, Angela coughs violently, sits up, and spits out the bullet.)
Mal: What the....!
Angela: I neglected to mention there are certain... fringe benefits to working for the Company. If you're highly-enough placed. And have access to certain people who can... well. I don't want to give away the store. (delicately dabs the blood off her lips with a lace handkerchief) Still not interested, Captain?
Mal: Depends. Can the professor do what you just did?
Angela: No. We've made sure of that.
Mal: Do I get to shoot him?
Angela: Only if he speaks.
Mal: Deal. You just hired yourself a boat.
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Any truth is better than indefinite doubt. — Sherlock Holmes
"The Adventure of the Yellow Face," Arthur Conan Doyle
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