[Lance gives him a flat look for those comments, not exactly bristling, but a little defensive. He knows this probably isn't the best idea, but also doesn't necessarily want to hear it.]

Word's getting around already?

[Not that it was a secret or anything, and the crew needs whatever gossip they can latch onto. But he shrugs a little, shifting on his feet.]

I'm not counseling yet. Just studying. My degrees may make me more qualified than anyone else, but that isn't saying much when they're still several hundred years out of date.

[Let's talk about how annoying those technical details are rather than the issue of whether or not he should be working on starting counseling in the first place.]