The Signal and the Puppet Theater

Mr. Universe:  Oh, this is good. 
                          You guys always bring me the very best violence.
                          You think you're in a hot place?

Mal:                  That's what we're looking to learn. Is there any follow up, a newswave?

Mr. Universe:  There is no news. There's the truth of the signal.
                          What I see. And, there's the puppet theater...
                          the Parliament jesters foist on the somnambulant public. 

Mal:                  Well, what about this? Did this make the puppet theater? 

Mr. Universe:   No, sir. And no lawforce flags, either.
                           I had to go into the security feed direct. 

Mal:                  You can do that?

Mr. Universe:   Can't stop the signal, Mal.
                           Everything goes somewhere, and I go everywhere.