A daring rescue! A happy ending! Loved it!

I'm a little confused. Inara's been away from Serenity for seven months and then she's rescued from the Skyplex. Did she have luggage with her in the Skyplex or where all this stuff come from: makeup, clothes, drawers, glass figurines, the red couch, the tea service? Thought that she'd taken them with her when she left Serenity? Otherwise the story is nice and nicely written!

Chapters 11 & 12 overall summary:

The author did a very nice job concluding the story, tying it all together, and the endin was 'bout perfect as Firefly endins can be.

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Overall, the story stayed true to the original series with regards to shipboard characters, language, and mannerisms, with a couple of minor variations in 'verse mythos that don't really detract from the story (unless the reader is a hardcore Firefly purist, such as, apparently, one earlier reviewer). I found it a very enjoyable read, and really appreciate the author's efforts and her sharing it with readers.

Chapters 9 & 10:

Extremely tense situation and dialogue, extremely well played. The dinner table scene was excellent all around, and Saffron's admission and Mal's realization sets the scene for an interesting finish!

Special kudos to the author for Jayne Cobb's portrayal in Chapter 10. Jayne, who'd been, in this reader's mind, perhaps the weakest portrayal of all of the main characters to this point in the story, really shined with some excellent, Jayne-like comments and off-humor. Since he was such a seemingly shallow character in the series with occasional flashes of greater depth and understanding, this actually seems right. Well done.

Chapters 5 - 8:

Well, that went better than expected, but could it be a trap? Did Niska let them escape to entangle them in something worse? It appears that the troublemaker is making trouble for the fun of it, but what if it was all a ruse to get her on board? Meanwhile, Mal is seemingly distracted by feelings that he can't put into words, and Inara is left with words and feelings she can't seem to say because she and Mal are just who they are. Looking forward to reading the rest of the story!

Chapters 3 & 4:

Enjoying the way the author developed the story, and the "Hello, thief!" line was excellently played to fit the character almost perfectly. She had an excellent point about being the unfamiliar face, but I hope Mal is remembering those lessons learned that she can't be trusted and is planning accordingly. Since it's already a completed story, I'm looking forward to continuing the story to see where the author took it.

The interaction between Mal and Ms. Red was very well played in this chapter. It brought a smile to my face along with a few chuckles. It's also good to see that Mal recognizes that wisdom comes with experience, especially bad experiences. Looking forward to seeing if he remembers that in upcoming chapters!

Very enjoyable start to the story! The language used is spot-on. Looking forward to seeing how the characters interact and how the story develops in the following chapters. Thanks to the author for sharing.

Interesting. I wonder what's going to happen.

Nicely done. I enjoyed it.

This story was amazing! I am such a fan of the show and I wish it hadn't gotten cancelled... I love how you included Saffron in this and also included Inara kissing Mal :)

Arwen! I've only just now gotten into Firefly and here I stumble across a Firefly fic that *you* wrote! I got excited and settled right in. Wonderful job with the on-point characterizations!

Hello there!

Not bad, not bad at all I very much enjoyed this story :D. As a general rule you stayed true to the characters and their personalities and the plot-line was believable. The only things I didn't enjoy as much were the fact that Inara is still going to be working after they are together, but I can understand why you did that. Also, hehhehehehehe I speak some chinese so reading the "Englishised" spelling instead of pinyin irritated me to no end but once again I can understand why that was done. All in all a good story and I enjoyed the read. Thankyou for posting :)

Anea

o NO! Poor Inara!

Great chapter! can't wait to find out what will happen!