[Y-yeah, it's not like anybody else has an embarrassing past interspecies relationship that they don't want to share with strangers or anything, right??? He waves off the protest with a hand.]

I know, I know. I mean, I figured as much, I been shipbound before. I know rations when I see 'em. I believe you.

[Still, the prospect of actual food isn't lost on him. He goes back to gathering bits and pieces, ordering his thoughts as he does.]

Besides, first thing we gotta do—an' by we I mean me—is call this Willie— [Beat.] Winnie. [He whispers it to himself a couple more times, making sure he commits it to memory. He clears his throat.] —and get started on this, because we'll be down here a while. Always takes longer to put something together than it did to take apart.

[Turning around, he gives Belth a final, serious nod.] Though I suspect we may take you up on that offer later. Assuming she also needs to eat.