"You're assuming I'm goin' to do anything even if I'm capable o' doing so, and I can't even make that plain until I hear the whole tale. Most chances are that anything I'd do wouldn't do any good anyway."

Mal really does miss his holster. There's nothing to hook his thumbs onto otherwise.

"Just collatin' data. And it's taking me longer to do so seein's how I was gone for so long."