It's a tempered response, I'll admit. [ Drift didn't hate the Darkling, in part, because he didn't know the whole story with all of that — and he would be a hypocrite to cast too harsh a judgment.

He nodded with a second wind of sobriety lighting up behind Drift's eyes. ] Oh yeah, I got him out of a tight spot and — [ Drift stifled a hiccup into the back of his hand. ] — excuse me. I have a recording hold on. I'll send it to your comm device.

[ Mal's device with ping with an audio file of the Big Event. ] You can hear us arguing but it's a few seconds after that.