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Bored? I think it's nice you're so interested in everythin'. Opens up doors people never would've thought to look at, let alone peek into.

[ She gives him a friendly shoulder bump as they round the corner. ]

Ain't many people on this boat I'm even half so glad to know as you, Jamie.

[There's another glance over at Kaylee, and his tone is dry as he replies.]

I'm fairly sure there's a few other people around Stacy somewhere who are interested in flinging themselves off a cliff.

[He might be looking at one right now, as a matter of fact. Speaking of cliffs, as they head into the Sensoriums, the scene wavers and changes into a handy one, with a nice long strip to run and take off on. The smile he turns on Kaylee is quite warm.]

Aye. Same here.

[There's a pause as he looks at her for a long moment, then he makes himself turn his attention to the airstrip.]

Did ye want to try one of the motorized ones or the one where ye just run and jump?

Probably. But how many of 'em would actually take the action?

[ Oh, you bet. If there's ever the need for someone to throw themselves off of a cliff to save the ship, Jamie's definitely looking at the first volunteer.

She takes in the scenery with wide-eyed fascination, and takes a deep breath of the air before turning back to Jamie. ]

Either way, we're up in the air, right? Which are you more comfortable with?

With this lot? I can think of a few.

[Kaylee probably wouldn't be the first volunteer, though, because Jamie would likely be the first. Admittedly, it might be because he's fallen off the cliff by mistake, but it counts, right?]

Powered ye could go a wee bit longer but...

[Jamie doesn't seem as enthused with that as he is when he continues.]

I'd rather try the other type first, aye?

...got a point there.

[ Sure it counts. Not that anybody'd be really happy with it. Kaylee certainly wouldn't be happy with it, and she can think of plenty of others who wouldn't be either. ]

Non-motor it is!

[ Kaylee laughs. He definitely knows what he wants, doesn't he? ]

[It's not fun, and Jamie was not happy. At all. But that was then, and now, Kaylee gets one of those lopsided grins again.]

Glad ye agree.

[Oh, he does know. And that might very well be the reason why there is only one hang-glider there, although it appears to be deliberately crafted to be a tandem flyer.]

The information I was looking at said that ye should fly with someone else your first time out.

[He's just ignoring the part that says it should be with a certified trainer, because where's the fun in that?]

[ Given that Kaylee knows less about hang-gliding than Jayne does about engines, she's not about to complain about the glider, or about having to share. It's comforting, actually, to know that Jamie'll be right there with her. ]

Alright then, what's your information say about gear?

[ Helmet is obvious, but she's not really sure on anything else. ]

[He's going to be very careful not to act too pleased about that situation, juuust in case.]

Aye, well, the harness is on the glider, and then ye have the helmet, and goggles. Oh, and the parachutes.

[Which, hopefully, they won't need.]

And that's it, unless ye want to use some of the instruments to keep track of your height. Ye want me to think those up?

Alright then. [ The helmet (covered in little yellow flowers, no less) and goggles are in her hands within seconds. ]

Might be kinda interestin' to see how high up we are...

[ She's a little more curious about the glider itself, though, and walks around it like a kid would walk around the candy counter at a store. ]

Aye, it might be.

[He takes a moment to strap on his plain red helmet before coming over to take a look as well. Just because he thought up the idea doesn't mean he's had a chance to look yet.]

It's small, for a flying beastie, but it should hold both of us.

[Still, he picks up one of the parachutes and holds it out to her.] Here.

It'll do the job perfectly.

[ If only one could bottle that confidence. ]

Xie xie. [ To the parachute. She puts it on, checks and double checks the straps, and waits for him to finish doing the same. ]

[[ Xie xie = Thank you ]]

[They could turn quite a tidy profit on Kaylee's Bottled Confidence, most definitely. That is, if Jamie had learned anything about marketing over the past ten years, which he hasn't. What he has picked up on, though, is some of Kaylee's Chinese. He's hopeless at speaking it, but he knows what some of the words mean. There may or may not have been notes on his Omnicom at some point with horrible attempts at phonetic spelling, but even those are gone now.]

You're welcome, hen.

[He secures the parachute rather easily - something else he's learned since coming onto Stacy - then turns back to Kaylee.]

Ye ready to get into that contraption?

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[ Hey, as long as he's learning something. Kaylee likes it, now that she doesn't have to explain every little thing she says in Chinese. There are still plenty of phrases that don't get used as often that need the occasional translation. Her day-to-day ones are pretty well-known by most folks on the ship, though.

She crouches down under the glider, debating where to start in the securing-oneself process. ]

Ready to go, soon as I figure how to do it.

[There's two sets of straps, one slightly higher than the other. It appears one person gets to do the steering, such as it is, and the other person...well, they get to hang out above them and enjoy the ride.]

I can help ye with that.

[He made very sure he learned how to do that part properly, safety protocols in the Sensoriums or no.]

Pick which set ye want to use, aye?

What would I do without you, Jamie? Really.

[ She looks over both sets carefully. ] You got a preference? Seems only fair you'd get to pick, seein' as it's your idea.

Och, you'd figure it out.

[Hm. That's an interesting question. He, too, studies the straps.]

Aye, well, I think I'll take the lower ones. The pictures they show ye have the instructor there. Guess since it was my idea, that makes me the instructor?

Seems a wee bit silly though, thinking that I'd be teaching ye this.

Maybe, but it'd take me some time.

Top for me it is, then! [ She moves to start to strap herself in to the appropriate set. ]

You know more of it than I do. [ Simple statement. ]

[Have one of those 'I don't believe you' sort of snorts Jamie does occasionally, Kaylee.]

Ye would have it figured out in no time at all.

[To illustrate his point, he gestures at her progress.]

See?

Knowin' the machine and how she works is all kinds of different from flyin' her.

[ She grins. ] Just get over here 'n strap yourself in, hm?

[Yeah, about that? Jamie's rather ominously silent on that front. There's no knowing how to fly here. There's lots of giving in to impulses, though. He checks the straps, making sure they're secure and points out the emergency release. Only then does he secure himself in, double checking his straps as well.]

Aye, that'll do it. Are ye ready?

[ She is so very pleased right now. All teasing, for a moment... ]

Ready when you are, Cap'n.

[Jamie knows she's teasing this time, but plays along, pretending to give her a skeptical look.]

Oh, aye. Captain. I'd make a grand one of those.

[He can't keep it up, though, and a rather large grin breaks out.]

Och, never mind that. Here we go!

[You don't have to do this with a running jump, not really. But Jamie had decided when he was reading up on it that it would be more dramatic. So run he does, right up to the edge of the cliff and off. His breath catches in his throat as they drop, and then the wind catches the hang glider, sweeping them out into the open.]