He's terribly sorry to inconvenience you.

"I'm sorry?" That's. Quite possibly the first time someone has made such a comment to him. That he writes like a robot?

He's not particularly offended, just caught off-guard.

"That's not exactly the best way to open up conversation, if you've not realized." Okay, maybe he's a little offended. But not enough to stop actually working, looking at the tricorder in his hand.