The only true surprise in that question is that Malcolm is the first person to ask it - though doubtless Mal Reynolds has his own theories.

(He is far less likely to question her on them, that said.)

Having spent so much of her life her mother's right hand - or left hand, in a rather more apt comparison - Benevenuta scarcely sees that there's a difference worth quibbling over, but her smile is easy and genuine as she says, "It is a decision that my mother supports."

Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

"She understands, as I do, that the work of the Inquisition is essential. Especially now." In the wake of the Herald's death.