


River dismisses her brother's questions completely. River divulges nothing about her nightmare saying " It's not relevant." Simon presses the issue saying that he needs to know everything River remembers about the Academy in order to help her. Once River has calmed down Simon gently asks her if she was dreaming and if it so were any about the Academy. Simon quickly goes to her and tries his best to comfort his terribly frightened sister. The fact that Serenity has no weapons escapes their notice.īack on Serenity, in the infirmary, River wakes up screaming after having had a very disturbing nightmare about her time in the Academy and she jumps off the infirmary table, immediately going into hysterics. Fortunately, the fight is brought to an end when Wash arrives with Serenity and threatens to fire upon Lund and the offended Alliance sympathizers.

When Mal refuses to raise his glass and Zoë eventually smacks Lund, a miniature re-enactment of the war breaks out with the three from Serenity assuming the role of the outnumbered Independents. On this day, Mal, Zoë and Jayne find themselves in an Alliance friendly bar, where a lout named Lund makes an offensive toast to the Unification of the planets. Six years have passed since the Universal Alliance declared victory over the Independents.
