He was definitely not planning to get in the way if he could avoid it, especially in a medbay. But instead of thinking about that, he focused in on her explanation about the ship, even if not all of it really made sense to him.

He'd seen impressive space travel while living in the Earth Empire, but Christine's world of venturing into the frontiers of space somehow struck him as more amazing--perhaps because he wasn't seeing a dirty, backwater frontier world full of war refugees. "Faster than light speed--fantastic! Have you been to any neat worlds lately? Or is there somewhere specific you're going?" He took hold of one end of the cart, ready to push it when she was done loading it.