"Oh...Adia I didn't mean to make you feel bad or anything."
Jim rubs at the back of his neck, worry creasing his features and tensing his posture momentarily. He has a bad habit of shoving his foot in his mouth even with the best of intentions, but it's not often on purpose. And certainly not this time.
"I meant. Uh. More. It would be kind of awful of me to compare your ship to mine, you know? Because I know how touchy I am about people shit talking the Enterprise. I'd never provoke someone else about the same thing. It's a matter of pride, you know? As a captain, my ship is my life. I just figured..."
Jim trails off while he looks around. Watches Adia's face as best he can when she speaks up. At least he hasn't horribly offended her or anything but there's still a pang of guilt for being insensitive.
"Y-yeah."
He nods along with her explanation.
"No one's ever really prepared, out there. You do what you can with what you've got. I've seen my ship nearly destroyed twice now. Even with it being designed for exploration."
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Date: 2017-07-11 04:38 pm (UTC)Jim rubs at the back of his neck, worry creasing his features and tensing his posture momentarily. He has a bad habit of shoving his foot in his mouth even with the best of intentions, but it's not often on purpose. And certainly not this time.
"I meant. Uh. More. It would be kind of awful of me to compare your ship to mine, you know? Because I know how touchy I am about people shit talking the Enterprise. I'd never provoke someone else about the same thing. It's a matter of pride, you know? As a captain, my ship is my life. I just figured..."
Jim trails off while he looks around. Watches Adia's face as best he can when she speaks up. At least he hasn't horribly offended her or anything but there's still a pang of guilt for being insensitive.
"Y-yeah."
He nods along with her explanation.
"No one's ever really prepared, out there. You do what you can with what you've got. I've seen my ship nearly destroyed twice now. Even with it being designed for exploration."