Round 2 of the Circle of Friends Remix is now open for reading at cof_remix.

Disclaimer: Please don’t sue me. I only have pocket lint. Characters either belong to Joss Whedon or J.K. Rowling. I don’t own them.

The original story is “In Truth, Beauty” by Kathryn Andersen.

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David Cartoon gave me: Pikachu. I know that he likes Firefly, so I added that, too.

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The yellow furry thing hopped out of the engine and looked at Kaylee. “Captain, we got an issue.”

“Gorram engine is your specialty, little Kaylee. This is my ship, and your job is to make sure that my ship keeps moving by making sure that your engine keeps running. Dong ma?”

She nodded. “But I ain't never seen a critter like this before. I can feel the ’lectricity bouncing off of it.”

“Tell you what. You get it out of my engine, and you can keep it. Consider it a gift.”

She bit back a smile. “Thought you said it was my engine.”

The furry critter looked up at her. “Pika?”