Adam, to his great surprise, finds himself laughing. He wasn't expecting to find that funny, and a good part of him doesn't--his crew's lack of respect for him and constant threat of mutiny isn't a laughing matter, but this seems so very ironic.
"Effective as a blunted stage blade. You know so very little about my position, madam. Do not presume to tell me how I treat my crew and how they treat me, when you have been on my ship but once, for all of ten minutes."