Snippy got the vindication of seeing Captain's violet eyes cross to the point of the man's grubby fingernail. In the matrix, it would have been a bemused, formless stare. Here the gesture actually seemed to get some kind of reaction... though what was going on in Captain's mind remained as opaque as ever.

"Sticks and stones, Mr. Snippy," Captain chuckled, patting the shorter man's hand jarringly. "There is more than one way to go native!"