A terse nod, from all three of them, regardless of which of them Mal is looking at - not unfriendly, just suddenly and intensely preoccupied with racing thoughts.

After Gabriel ends the connection, there's a moment of silence; they exchange glances.

Then:

"Regan - back to the bureaucrats, watch them try to deny what we've got now. Gabriel - VFD and the media, anyone and everyone you can think of; you're their favourite."

And then Andronicus Crowley, for the first time that evening, straightens his collar, pushes his sunglasses up on the bridge of his nose, and smiles like a snake.

"And I've got some waves of my own to send."