Chimera Fields Leaving all our worries behind

He shrugged. She joined the pack, but other than that, he hadn't run into her too much. At some point he probably should go make sure she was staying out of trouble. Maybe. They'd otherwise stayed out of each other's way. But if she and Belharra were that close, Mal was pretty sure he'd end up hearing Belharra's side of whatever conversation they'd have about this at some point, even if it was through Vallkyrie's teasing later on.

He had a thought, and flipped the conversation back to her, If you're looking for one guy, shouldn't you be the one more concerned rather than fussing about me? Or are you just trying to get Belharra out of the way so she doesn't try to snatch whoever you've got your eye on? It used to be a bit of a boys' club here -- now the few of us guys left are surrounded by women. His smirk had turned far more mischievous by the end of that. And I don't know how much Atausiq would be willing after how much the pair of you must have teased him at the borders before I got there. So that left Matty? Or depending on whether she cared about biology or not, Cupid.