[After Mal disarms Atherton and has him at sword-point]
Harrow: "You have to finish it, lad. You have to finish it. For a man to lay beaten... and yet breathing? It makes him a coward."
Inara: "It's humiliation."
Mal: "Sure. It would be humiliating. Having to lie there while the better man refuses to spill your blood. Mercy is the mark of a great man. (lightly stabs Atherton with the sword) Guess I'm just a good man. (stabs him again) Well, I'm all right."
[Later]
Harrow: "You didn't have to wound the man."
Mal: "Yeah, I know, it was just funny."
Inara: "It's humiliation."
Mal: "Sure. It would be humiliating. Having to lie there while the better man refuses to spill your blood. Mercy is the mark of a great man. (lightly stabs Atherton with the sword) Guess I'm just a good man. (stabs him again) Well, I'm all right."
[Later]
Harrow: "You didn't have to wound the man."
Mal: "Yeah, I know, it was just funny."
Firefly - The "Shindig" Episode
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