Not at all.

[ He waves his newly freed hand, grandiose. ]

Welcome to my current humble abode. Captain Pike, I assume?

[ The other man is tall, and though there's a stern line to his jaw, his keen blue eyes are kind. It's strange to see someone else wearing a Captain's uniform on the Enterprise, but he swallows the pang before it can fully make itself at home in his already extremely sore chest. ]

I'm Captain James T. Kirk, of the UEF Enterprise. I'd have asked for permission to come aboard, but I wasn't exactly at my best when we got here.