On page 4, Rasalia reveals
that she likes to go by the nickname "Raz".
On page 5, Rasalia says, "Holaaaa, niñita?" This
is Spanish for "Heloooo, little girl?"
River's anatomy lesson about the five different arteries that
supply blood to the nasal cavity on page 6 is accurate. The
"epistaxis" she refers to is the medical term for "nosebleed".
This issue reveals the Emma is 18 years old and Lu is 17. Rasalia is 449 years old.
River's research on the cortex tells her that Rasalia lived on
Golden Gate Isle in San Francisco. There is no real world Golden
Gate Isle, so it must be a name that was applied to the
half-submerged Golden Gate Bridge on which she was seen to have
had a module apartment in
"Brand New 'Verse" Part 3.
On page 8, River tells Emma that her daughter is named Shakti
and the girl holds within her the "generative, nourishing, and
chaotic forces of the cosmos." Shakti is a Hindu term
for the primordial cosmic energy present throughout the
universe.
Zoe says something in Chinese on page 12.
On page 13, Rasalia remarks that she remembers when she spent
all her "quince cash" on her first Bluephone. I don't know what
"quince cash" refers to. "Bluephone" must be a smart phone-type
device made by Blue Sun.
On page 18, River, reading Rasalia's memories, says, "Tu
mamá te enseño mejor que eso." This is Spanish for "Your
mom taught you better than that."
Page 19 implies that Mal became a heavy drinker at some point
and "lost the will" to continue as Serenity's captain.
| On page 21, the image seen on River's
various monitors appears to be the Complete and Official Map
of the Verse, once sold by
Quantum
Mechanix. |
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| River's monitors |
Complete and Official Map of the Verse |
On page 21, as she's working at her computer console, River
recites, "Starlight, starbright...first star I see tonight."
This is from the English nursery rhyme "Star Light, Star
Bright". The full rhyme goes:
Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight;
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.
Madame Klef says something in Chinese on page 22.
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