"Peachy, just confused, sir," she mumbled as she shrugged and smiled down at him.

Sighing, Christine pushed some hair behind her ear. "I've spoken to the captain and Spock already, so I'm not gonna bother you with questions. Kirk said if I could get outside he'd be able to beam me to where ya'll are?"

Pausing, she thought for a moment. If there were so many people there from the Enterprise, then were the aliens looking for specifics? "At least it wasn't the transporter," she laughed, only then realizing she'd said that out loud.