Serenity2005

The Operative:
But I have to hope you understand you can't beat us.

Mal:
I got no need to beat you. I just want to go my way.

The Operative:
And you can do that, once you let me take River Tam back home.

Mal:
No, no. You’re working this deal all crabbed. You got to open with payment.

The Operative:
That is a trap. I offer money, you'll play the man of honor and take umbrage. I ask you to do what is right, you'll play the brigand. I have no stomach for games. I already know you will not see reason.

Mal:
The Alliance wanted to show me reason, they shouldn't have sent an assassin.

The Operative:
I have a warship in deep orbit, Captain. We locked onto Serenity's pulse beacon the moment you hit atmo. I can speak a word and send a missile to that exact location inside of three minutes.

Mal:
You do that, you'd best make peace with your dear and fluffy lord.

[Mal tosses a mechanism to the Operative, who catches it and immediately recognizes what it is]

The Operative:
Pulse beacon.

Mal:
Advice from an old tracker. You want to find someone? Use your eyes.