There's something about Anton that is both very intimidating and very reassuring in the same breath, River decides, but not the kind of intimidation that comes from his physical attribute (though he towers a full foot above her). There's been a buzzing in the back of her head since she stepped foot inside, like how Kaylee once described a bad bearing in the compressor coils.

River stops moving in her circuit of the room when his gaze finds her, and the pitch of the buzzing changes.

"You spelled that one wrong. Your house needs maintenance, it's out of tune."