"I do not doubt your instinct of self-preservation, Jim." Except on very rare occasions that involved pride and/or alcohol and/or people in unfortunate situations. "Yet it is something you always express after the fact, when McCoy is already applying the appropriate medical treatments to various wounds."

He finished the second to the last button on the shirt and then turned back to his belongings on the towel. He picked up what looked like a wallet and tucked it into his back pocket, folded and rolled up the damp boardshorts, and began to fold up both towels as well.