Brevity

It should come as no surprise that I have an illustrated copy of the Serenity shooting script. And it's annotated. By me. With stuff that I look up if I need a hand with my writing.

Yes, those are Post-It bookmarks. What of it?

I was flicking through lately when I found a bookmark labelled 'brevity'. It highlights this scene, just after Serenity has evaded The Operative:

The Operative stares blankly at the Ensign.

THE OPERATIVE:
Define "disappeared".

The Ensign just looks uncomfortable.

That's the whole scene. Brilliant, isn't it?