"If you'd have refrained from being such a smug prick about answering me, I might not have minded quite so much. I don't consider rudeness humorous." Unless it's directed towards someone she dislikes, of course.

She doesn't even think before she offers a retort quick as a whip, "Perhaps you should. In this case it might be more of an improvement than you seem to think. How are you a space captain anyway? Doesn't that require some kind of training in diplomacy?"