Alright, they were even grossing him out. He smiles at the use of the nickname. He would die to see the bridge crews' faces. She starts to give directions and he keeps going, flying expertly without any idea of what was out there. It was exciting and he really was going to love telling this one to the baby when they were old enough to hear about mummy and daddy's adventures in space. That made him smile. He sighed and met the first course change, and then nodded to his crew in the back. "Okay, you can start the surveying equipment. We should be in range here soon," he said.

"Where to next, parrot?" he asked, this time not even consciously using the name.