"Loopholes are good. I can work with those." If he can just get his in place, it'll be even better. He continues to tap away at the controls, casting a glance over to Alec once in a while. He can't help a chuckle at the look he's giving.

"Well, I can't speak for everyone here." Another irritated sound from the replicator. "But I'm personally getting tired of that godawful synthehol. Usually, if I really felt I needed a little something, I'd just go to my CMO and see if he'd give over a little of his medicinal stockpile." Or go bother his Chief Engineer.

"But, unfortunately, that isn't an option at this juncture."