"Not to mention exciting and occasionally alarming. We had Lilly Kane on board a couple weeks ago," he says, and with a modicum of dread, "Mal tried to give her flying lessons. I interrupted and took over his attempts at education for the sake of all -- hey."

He casts a stern look at the screen as the trilling beep starts up again, then transports a stegosaurus onto another panel to get a better look.

"Why are you doing that?" Coaxing, "Come on, don't give me that, we just fixed you four days ago. Work with me here."

Two more buttons, a solid thwap, and it stops beeping. Wash grins, satisfied.

"There we go. Sorry. There was drift. Drifting's been fixed."