How do we tell the difference? [Open]

[in_the_latin]

Characters: Mal and anyone on Serenity
Content: According to Mal's latest journal post, there's two of him running around. But which one is which?
Setting: Lower deck of Serenity, on the way to Mal's cabin
Time: After Low Key's interrogation and his journal post
Warnings: Hijinks! Mistaken identity!

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[windsofdaytime]

This was strange.

Kaoru wasn't entirely sure what to do about it, though. The answer was probably "nothing". In fact, she was probably going to get penalized just for not destroying the ship and everyone on it when they'd found out about that robot -- tch, she hadn't even known about that robot. (Of course she hadn't. She'd run off what, a year and a half ago now, and had busied herself with seeing the world and mocking the field agents' incompetence ever since.) Plus for helping apprehend Wang (useless idiot who was probably going to die anyway). Maybe even for that ball of concentrated power of destruction she'd hurled at the robot's pieces while no one was looking, if they had their ways of finding out about that. (Also useless.) There was probably a last straw with regards to helping these people.

But this was interesting, and she hadn't technically gotten any orders

[in_the_latin]

Mal heard the footsteps and turned around. Huh, it was Kaoru again. What was she doing out here?

"Something the matter?" he asked. There was a tense edge to his voice; while he wasn't angry at her, the entire mess with Lyesmith had put him ill at ease.

[windsofdaytime]

Kaoru looked up, and her face resumed its usual lack of expression.

"Is there?" She turned the question back on him.

[in_the_latin]

"Just the usual," he said. "Nothing you don't all ready know about."