[ Tess gives a sharp little breath out, somewhere between amusement and exhaustion. Not the first time she's heard that, but also not something she believes about herself, either. It's just something kept behind a different kind of wall. ]

Compared to Joel, yeah, sometimes.

[He knows Joel's name, but she regrets saying it anyway. Should just be partner, both indifferent and hierarchical at once. She pushes back an ugly thought and takes the Firefly map up.]

I already knew her name when we got this. We picked this up off a bunch of dead Fireflies; they were supposed to meet us at the Capitol building for the handoff. [ A beat; he'd know it by another name, maybe. ] The Massachusetts State House.