He was quiet during the question, nodding his head, slightly distracted by the light.Even still, he snapped to attention at the mention of his gender. He looked a combination of shocked and confused as he carefully asked, "What do you mean, 'huh'?" taking the time to adjust his tie. The question wasn't phrased like they were insulted, but rather a genuine air of inquiry. Believe it or not, most people simply respected his rank and appearance and left it at that. This in mind, such questions were never really asked by most of the crew.

[color=8882be]I could [i]see[/i] her looking at my file. She may be a different species with different anatomy, and that was exactly why I made sure to get it right that she was a 'she'. Not to sound racist, but the Vexi don't have many distinguishing characteristics to define gender. At least, none that I could pick out of a lineup...especially if they wore an armored bodysuit like the good doctor.[/color]

His ear flicked from the snap of her fingers, slightly dissatisfied by the answer although accepting. She was the doctor and was expected to know such things...as well as who they were talking to *cough*.
Kaite kept most of his personal systems on standby when he wasn't using the, preferring the retro morphing-cube screensaver to a blank screen when he took too long doing something else; it felt more inviting, like the computer was just doing something else in its spare time while waiting for him to come back.

After the flick of his ear, he gave Sel time to respond before he said, "Around zeh time of zeh jump..." nodding as if agreeing before continuing, uneasily, "...I...[i]saw[/i]..."

[color=8882be]Gawd, this is incredibly silly. I shouldn't be here wasting the doctor's time.[/color]

"...I mean, iz zee whole thing vith sleepwalking-" Kaite trailed off, dismissively shaking his head although inadvertently referring to the conversation they just had about the difference between sleeping and fainting.