My tribute to Serenity herself...

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Y'know, ship like this

Treat her right...she'll be with you

The rest of your life.

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...and to my favorite character Wash...

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Juggling goslings,

Flying us out to the Black,

Got his "war story".

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...The Captain...

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He fought in the war,

He's forged his place in the sky,

It's Serenity.

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...Jayne Cobb, best anti-hero ever...

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Jayne, the man called Jayne

Box-dropping-man-ape-gone wrong

He says, "Let's moon 'em!"

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...Zoe...

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Strong and passionate

As deadly as any man

Loyal to the end.

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...and an ode to Kaylee...

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Down to Earth-that-was,

She keeps all our hearts beating

Out here in the Black.

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...Simon...

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He's top three percent,

Though he's not good with the girls,

Still part of the crew.

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...and we bring the word of Book to thems in need of it...

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Who is this Shepard?

He knows too much about crime.

Walk the world a spell...

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...lest we forget Inara...

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Graceful, elegant.

Beauty like none other.

The Yin to Mal's Yang.

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...and of course, River...

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Has a killer brain,

There is no power in the 'Verse

That can stop her now

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...lastly, Surprise! it is Bester...

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Has silly tatoos,

Not a genius mechanic,

Asks, "Don't we need this?"

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