The government’s man, he says you’re a danger to us. Not worth helping. Is he right? Are you anything but a weapon? I staked my crew’s life on the theory you’re a person, actual and whole.
Everybody represents a facet of himself [Mal] that he has lost and that’s why he keeps them close and safe, and yet at arm’s length.
— Nathan Fillion, Firefly: The Official Visual Companion, Volume 1



