[While Kitty's fielding questions and comments, it occurs to Chekov that there's a relevant-to-this-occasion conversation with Reid that he never told her about. Or... no, it was the broadcast that had been made, not the conversation. The conversation had been Kitty-relevant and completely eclipsed all thoughts of the Defense Force in his mind. He can't determine if this is the kind of thing that he should mention or if it's trivial enough that it doesn't matter.
It's not important right now because right now Kitty is free and they haven't talked for maybe ten whole minutes which is a lot. He slips up next to her and bumps her shoulder with his.] That was a very nice speech. No one even fell asleep.