"Yes, you are," he confirmed, reaching over to smooth out some of her hair. At this point, he wasn't mad, but he needed to make sure she learned from this. "And you can expect to get a mouthful from your mother about this. And you're going to go down to the medbay to apologize to Samus and Komali-- don't even think about arguing that." Seriously, don't.

"And, next time," he leaned a little closer, like this was some kind of secret, "toss a pile of blankets in front of a ten foot step ladder, and kick him off of that."

Pause.

"I did that to Danny too, before. I was so mean to him."