![]() ![]() 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". ![]() 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. Inara appears to be at least somewhat adept at swordplay (" Shindig"). 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. 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". 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. ![]() 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Inara was asked to leave House Madrassa she would keep her Companion status but could never return home. The priestess of House Madrassa discovered that Inara had broken the sacred rule of confidentiality by alerting the authorities. The base, which housed both soldiers and refugees, was soon destroyed by Alliance forces. Inara, hoping to prevent bloodshed, alerted the authorities to the plot, and disclosed the location of the Browncoat's base on Fiddler's Green. During one of their sessions, the client let slip information about a planned major offensive against the Alliance. During the Unification War, Inara had a client who was a secret informant for the Independents. In reality, the decision to leave was not entirely her own. She has suggested that she "wanted to see the universe". Inara was a rising member of Companion House Madrassa, possibly in contention for house priestess, when she suddenly and inexplicably left to travel the outer Rim. Companions choose their own clients and can have ungracious clients banned from any Companionship. These sources suggest that Companion training includes social and physical grace, at least some performing arts, and psychology. They have considerable ritual and ceremony surrounding their services, which appear to extend beyond sex to nurturing psychological and emotional well being.Īs of the end of the original Firefly series, most of what is known about Companions is derived from Inara herself and incidental discussions with and about other Companions and Companion-trained individuals. In Alliance society, Companions are part of the social elite, often accompanying the wealthy and powerful. Inara, born in the late 25th century on Sihnon, is a Companion, a high-society courtesan licensed by the Union of Allied Planets. Control was the first lesson, and the last."- Inara Serra explaining how much studying is involved with being a Companion. " On Sihnon, we started training at twelve, years of discipline and preparation before the physical act of pleasure was even mentioned.
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