Ele estava se referindo a Simon, ou talvez apenas o quão horrivelmente Simon conseguiu colocar o pé na boca ao falar com Kaylee.
Wash e Zoe aparecem logo após essa conversa entre Simon e Kaylee:
SIMON (smiles) Ah... Well, you're a, a kind of a genius when it comes to machines... you always say what you mean, and your eyes are...
KAYLEE Yeah? Eyes, yeah?
SIMON And, um... I don't know how to, um... (joking) Plus, every other girl I know is either married, professional, or closely related to me, so you're more or less, you are literally the only girl in the world.
Those famous eyes of her darken considerably. She draws back.
KAYLEE Mm. That's a hell of a thing to say.
SIMON I was joking...
KAYLEE No, no, I get it. I do. Back on Osiris you probably had nurses and debutantes crawling all over you. But down here at the bottom of the barrel, it's just me.
SIMON No, that's, that's, that's not even --
KAYLEE Well, I'm glad I rated higher than dead bessie here. < Why don't you tell the cow about its beautiful eyes? > [Nee GAO-soo NA niou, TA yo shwong mei-moo?]
She is storming out just as Wash and Zoe are coming in. Simon watches Kaylee despairingly.
WASH Oh my god, he's grotesque! Oh, and there's something in a jar.
Imediatamente depois, Zoe comenta que ele (Simon) a assustou (Kaylee) novamente, e pergunta se há alguém com quem ele é bom em falar, então parece provável que Wash e Zoe tenham ouvido pelo menos parte da conversa.