Jim smiles, warm. "Thank you, Gaheris. You can call me Jim." That's more comfortable--even Spock calls him that, sometimes. Bones always does. He may be their captain but the use of his name signifies he's their friend; he wants that here, too.

He doesn't even bat an eye at the whiskey. He's visited enough places and served and studied with enough races to know everyone's got their tolerances and tastes. "We're fortunate his medkit made it here with him. He's had to rely on what passes for state of the art here, in a few cases, and I don't know how the man functions in those conditions."