Mal happy enough not to have to shoot unarmed men and they're running fast enough through the hallways of the temple that it's harder than usual for Mal to keep track of whether or not they are retracing their steps.

The pair stops, though when two novices are a little more than unarmed. 'Little more', here, meaning showing off an intricate series of martial arts moves the likes of which Mal has never seen.

He shoots the first one in the kneecap and he goes down with a curse and a scream. Mal adjusts his sights on the second.

"We done?" Mal asks in English.

There's a firm nodding from the second novice as he lets Mal and Will pass him by while attending to his friend.