"It hadn't," he laughed. "I think there's an old song that says 'sooner or later we all drink alone.' Or maybe that's sleep alone. Either way, it's true." Sulu hoped she didn't think he was trying to suggest that she sleep with him but he tended to overthink these things so he'd just pretend he hadn't said that.
"Well, I'm the helmsman so I guess you call that being the pilot. I also do some navigating although most of tha is done by my friend Pavel." Teh two of them worked well together and while they tried to have their shifts at the same time, it didn't alway swork out that way.