He's still chuckling as he steps out of the conn-pod, still smiling and shaking his head a little as he clambers out onto her shoulder so he can climb down, still feeling good (pretty tired, and he's got a headache again, but otherwise good), as he goes off to have a chat with engineering.

After that extremely confusing chat, he lumbers off to go have another nap, but not before patting the closet part of her hull he can reach.

There. He promised he'd talk to them about it, and Hercules Hansen always fulfills his promises.