"We deserve something nice, you know?" For everything they're being put through. For everything they lived through back home. The Freelancers never had a chance before but this is...important. He keeps coming back to that. Because it'll always be relevant.

"Lockpicking is a detail oriented position. Kinda sticks with me in most of what I do." He tries to shrug it off, even if he's not so secretly pleased that Mal notices, that he's pleased by it. That he's agreeing to be part of their fucked up little family.

Then comes that phrase and oh no no- York's hand snaps out to cover Mal's mouth, muffling the last word. "Don't say that! If you say that SOMETHING will happen and now you've said it. Jesus."