"That is very presumptive of you, Mister Cambridge." The deference to address over rank is entirely purposeful, as is the archness of her expression. Cool, but not unmoved or uneffected by the blatant use of manipulation in both obvious insult and insinuation went underlacing his words, in the emotions behind it as well as the brazenly specific allusion made in the words themselves.

"At current, The Enterprise does not offer employment to all temporally moved members, even officers of Starfleet. Especially not those who are newly arrived." There was some differences in The Doctors, and even in certain people who had been here for months, who had shown their worth in unplanned events.

There even were wheels turning in Security. Things she'd suggested for them.

But she had not brought up her own recent consideration to Will or The Captain yet.

"Why is it that you presume this would change in your favor?" When his behavior did not lend itself to any defense or request, but an order to do something for a person who seemed to have no respect for the system, for the request, or yet an understanding of their own new current circumstances.

Nothing more than a willingness to display they were a problem racing for a place.