~Normal growing up stuff--she built her first engine before she even started school, lost her virginity at fourteen, got caught in the barn having sex with a fourteen-year-old when she was sixteen, all that good Growing Up embarrassing stuff.
~Kaylee actually got the job on Serenity when Mal caught her and Bester (the ship's previous mechanic) having sex in the engine room. Kaylee fixed the engine problem where Bester couldn't, and Mal hired her on the spot. Also, thievery.
~The fact that Simon and River are fugitives, and River's past with the Alliance that Kaylee (along with the rest of the crew) has kept secret.
~Her being shot by Lawrence Dobson, a twitchy fed who was after Simon and River. Kaylee walked in on a tense situation, and Dobson freaked and shot her in the stomach. Simon then proceeded to use Kaylee's life as a bargaining chip to get Mal to run from the Alliance cruiser Dobson had contacted. Because of this, Kaylee is terrified of guns and fighting, that's no new piece of information.
~She's scared of not being able to fix her ship. This happened to her once, and resulted in Zoe almost dying after pushing Kaylee out of the way of an explosion in the engine room, Mal being shot and almost dying, and the crew as a whole almost suffocating/freezing to death.
~Mal and Wash were kidnapped and tortured by Niska. When Wash was returned to the ship, the crew turned right back around and invaded Niska's station to get Mal back. Kaylee and River hung back to guard Serenity, but several of Niska's men cornered them in the ship. Kaylee, fearing being shot again, dropped her weapon and ducked out of sight, then watched as River picked up the gun, glanced at their attackers, and shot all three with her eyes closed. So yeah, she's a bit scared of her best friend and her own inability to help even when it was Mal's life on the line. Guilt.
~Early. Early was a bounty hunter who sneaked his was onto Serenity mid-space. He cornered Kaylee in the engine room after locking the others in their bunks, and threatened to rape and then murder her if she didn't tell him where River slept. Kaylee told him. (Luckily, River wasn't there, and everything turned out alright, but she feels guilty as hell for betraying her best friend.)
~On Stacy...she hides a lot of her reactions to things, ie: the Nightmare King, Punishment, etc. She also worries about people a lot more than she lets on, particularly Wash, Jamie, Billy, Dean, and Kang.
Kaylee Frye
~Normal growing up stuff--she built her first engine before she even started school, lost her virginity at fourteen, got caught in the barn having sex with a fourteen-year-old when she was sixteen, all that good Growing Up embarrassing stuff.
~Kaylee actually got the job on Serenity when Mal caught her and Bester (the ship's previous mechanic) having sex in the engine room. Kaylee fixed the engine problem where Bester couldn't, and Mal hired her on the spot. Also, thievery.
~The fact that Simon and River are fugitives, and River's past with the Alliance that Kaylee (along with the rest of the crew) has kept secret.
~Her being shot by Lawrence Dobson, a twitchy fed who was after Simon and River. Kaylee walked in on a tense situation, and Dobson freaked and shot her in the stomach. Simon then proceeded to use Kaylee's life as a bargaining chip to get Mal to run from the Alliance cruiser Dobson had contacted. Because of this, Kaylee is terrified of guns and fighting, that's no new piece of information.
~She's scared of not being able to fix her ship. This happened to her once, and resulted in Zoe almost dying after pushing Kaylee out of the way of an explosion in the engine room, Mal being shot and almost dying, and the crew as a whole almost suffocating/freezing to death.
~Mal and Wash were kidnapped and tortured by Niska. When Wash was returned to the ship, the crew turned right back around and invaded Niska's station to get Mal back. Kaylee and River hung back to guard Serenity, but several of Niska's men cornered them in the ship. Kaylee, fearing being shot again, dropped her weapon and ducked out of sight, then watched as River picked up the gun, glanced at their attackers, and shot all three with her eyes closed. So yeah, she's a bit scared of her best friend and her own inability to help even when it was Mal's life on the line. Guilt.
~Early. Early was a bounty hunter who sneaked his was onto Serenity mid-space. He cornered Kaylee in the engine room after locking the others in their bunks, and threatened to rape and then murder her if she didn't tell him where River slept. Kaylee told him. (Luckily, River wasn't there, and everything turned out alright, but she feels guilty as hell for betraying her best friend.)
~On Stacy...she hides a lot of her reactions to things, ie: the Nightmare King, Punishment, etc. She also worries about people a lot more than she lets on, particularly Wash, Jamie, Billy, Dean, and Kang.