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She has suggested that she "wanted to see the universe". In reality, the decision to leave was not entirely her own. During the Unification War , Inara had a client who was a secret informant for the Independents. During one of their sessions, the client let slip information about a planned major offensive against the Alliance. Inara, hoping to prevent bloodshed, alerted the authorities to the plot, and disclosed the location of the Browncoat 's base on Fiddler's Green.
The base, which housed both soldiers and refugees, was soon destroyed by Alliance forces. The priestess of House Madrassa discovered that Inara had broken the sacred rule of confidentiality by alerting the authorities.
Inara was asked to leave House Madrassa; she would keep her Companion status but could never return home. Less than a year before the events of " Serenity " the pilot episode of Firefly , she contracted with Malcolm Reynolds , captain of spaceship Serenity , to lease one of its shuttles for transportation, living space, and workspace.
This provides Inara with some mobility independent of Serenity , and Malcolm with some respectability that helps open doors in the marketplace that he might not otherwise achieve as an ordinary smuggler. Despite Mal's dislike of her profession expressed in the episode " Shindig " , as well as by telling him during their first meeting in flashback in the episode " Out of Gas " that she had supported Unification see Unification Day , she and Mal have an unacknowledged attraction to each other.
Complications due to this growing attraction cause her to briefly leave Serenity and take up teaching at a training house on one of the Rim planets. Mal and Inara have been shown to share certain traits with each other, as pointed out by Nandi during " Heart of Gold ", the most prominent being that they both hate complications.
The first edition of the comic " Leaves on the Wind " shows Mal and Inara in a loving embrace, hinting they might have finally gotten together. Later on, in the novel itself, they are found bickering as usual which finally leads to the consummation of their relationship in Mal's bunk.
Their casual way of going about it suggests that Mal and Inara have been physically intimate for quite a while since the nine month gap between " Serenity " and "Leaves on the Wind".
Inara has a number of frequent clients throughout the Allied worlds, and takes both female and male clients, although most of her clients are male. Inara appears to be at least somewhat adept at swordplay " Shindig ". In the movie Serenity , it is shown that she also may have been trained somewhat in the martial arts, and is skilled with a bow and arrow, apparently preferring them over firearms.
In a proposed extended version of a scene from Serenity , in Inara's Companion montage, she was to be seen teaching the girls how to use the bow, but this idea was dropped, because, according to the DVD commentary, it made her look too much like "Wonder Woman". The two other characters whose beliefs are currently known are Book , a Christian Shepherd pastor , and Malcolm Reynolds whose faith in God was broken in the Battle of Serenity Valley.
In the audio commentaries for the series DVD collection, it is mentioned that there is a subplot for Inara which was not developed in the series or the film. The producers mention two foreshadowing events that hinted at this plot. The first is the syringe-like object which many have assumed to be a suicide kit in case the Reavers board that Inara looks at during the Reaver encounter in the pilot episode. At the Heart of Gold, the group divides up to interact with the women: Jayne grabs one to bed, Book gives religious services, and Simon goes to examine Petaline.
Mal, Inara, and Nandi discuss Rance Burgess and the way he controls the planet; Mal decides that he wants to meet Rance and talk to him before fighting him, and he convinces Inara to pose as his lady as they go to the theater Burgess is attending.
As they pose as a wealthy couple, Burgess and Mal size each other up during conversation and Burgess shows off his customized laser pistol. After leaving, Burgess takes a call and discovers to his excitement that Petaline's child is indeed his. At the Heart of Gold, Mal describes his plan: leave. He realizes that Burgess is too zealous to be scared off or reasoned with calling him "a monster who thinks he's right with God" , and too powerful to easily fight.
He would much rather pack up all of the members of the Heart of Gold and transport them to a safer planet. Nandi refuses to abandon the land, as she spent years building her business and is willing to die to protect it. Unable to convince her otherwise, Mal agrees to get the crew to train the hookers and prepare for a siege. The crew of Serenity begins their preparations: Book builds fortifications, Zoe and Wash construct traps in the desert sand, Jayne prepares the weapons, and both Jayne and Zoe teach the whores how to shoot.
Petaline goes into labor, forcing Simon to care for her despite having never been the primary deliverer before. While Mal admires Nandi's engraved handguns, they discuss why she left Sihnon and the Companions.
As they drink, Mal eventually goes in to kiss Nandi and it evolves until they have sex. Back in town, Burgess gathers up a mob; he's received information from Chari, a turncoat Heart of Gold girl, whom he forces to service him in front of the men. As dawn comes, Mal leaves Nandi's room while still half-dressed and bumps into Inara in the hallway. While she doesn't betray her emotions to Mal, she later collapses and sobs in the corner alone. The whole group gets into their defensive positions and waits for the attack, and Nandi speaks to Inara and realizes that she was in love with Mal and is feeling betrayed.
While she tries to confront Mal about Inara, Burgess appears on the horizon in his hovercraft now with a mounted machine gun , with a group of horsemen. The attack begins, with both sides exchanging heavy fire and taking casualties.
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