( S'cuse his soft snort, because: )

Yeah, I've had more than my fair share of it. ( He sets his mug down before he explains, stretching his legs out before him like Jim has, ) We've been out in frontier space for the past three years, on a five year mission. Sometimes solutions to problems had to get basic.

What about you? How's your skills at roughin' it, being a Lunar baby and all?

( The corner of his mouth twitches, a glint of humor in his eye. )