"...I'm not all that certain it does." Kaylee's got her hands folded in front of her on the table. "I mean -- I understand it, yeah, it helps like that, but -- if the money's all comin' from the Core, what's to stop people from expectin' us to do everything the Core's way? It's like -- when the captain takes a job, every now and again he's got to refrain from sayin' somethin' when somebody says somethin' mean, because they're the ones holdin' the money. And I can't help but think..."

Kaylee slows down a little. Thinks. "When you do stuff to not just one person, but a bunch of people, you're changin' the way they act. And you look at 'em different. You put the money in the hands of the Core, that's gonna wind up makin' us out on the Rim tied into all of this without much say-so, because if we make the Core mad -- what's to stop 'em from just doin' business with somebody else if we don't go along with what they want?"