Firefly Ravine Bittersweet Berries and Stinging Nettles

"I'll leave decoratin' to you. Can't get much worse 'n the pile of bones I got stashed in there." 

Pepper's tail had been wagging more or less the whole conversation, and despite his conscience's warning to turn back, he felt mostly confident in his decision to push this. He barely knew Phobos, but he barely knew Jackson once as well. It would work out.