Moonstone Quarry And The Light may Shine in Your Eyes

The guy seemed more reactive than Mal was. It stood out to him, but maybe that was because so often it felt like he was the one being found and pestered or what-have-you, so this time Mal was seeing the other side of the coin. How would it have worked if he actually did put in the effort? Something to figure out later. Now was not the time. But you got good days. That's better than me. Whether Mal made the connection or not wasn't too clear -- he was a big follower of the 'not giving a damn' school of thought when it came to stuff that wasn't going to kill him. There were too many other worries out there to waste the effort.

No, Mal was the product of everyone else's distrust, ignorance, whatever. He had done nothing wrong and yet the world wronged him. Eventually he had found his footing, he had crawled out of that pit, only to be dumped again in another because in the end, nothing had changed. And right now Mal was just done trying for the day.