He sneered, "Paranoia isn't in my nature. I'm not accustomed to having someone inquiring about my well-being, not someone whom I wouldn't consider an acquaintance of mine." He would've said friends, but those that he considered a 'friend' was someone he termed an 'ally', and he wasn't willing to dish out that much about himself. Really, the last time he truly had a friend was before he joined the federation, and that was a very long time ago. Events and time changed people.

"Pissing him off, eh? Seems a bit much coming from someone outside of engineering. Or are you working under the Captain." He didn't know how things worked up in the bridge, and frankly he didn't care. All he cared about was controlling his subordinates and making sure his ship remained ranked at the top of the fleet.