He spared a moment to check the wound at his side, a tentative touch of his fingers that came back tinted with green. He looked up to arch a single eyebrow at the captain. Still offended by his comments, when the ship itself, he was sure, wouldn't care...

"It was a premature statement based on my initial disinterest in you." He had another goal in mind, however shortsighted it was. At least it might lead him somewhere, further from Vulcan than at present. "I apologize."