[ Zack doesn't put anything in them. He just asks the bartender (whoever is on shift at the time) for some of the scotch Erik mentioned and some ale for himself.

While they're waiting, he simply says - ]

I've been working here for about a year and a half now. And it's been my experience from meeting a lot of people who aren't human - and working with them - that a lot of the time, if they have a problem with humans, it's for a good reason. And I don't always have the context for why that is because the Admiral seems to like to pull people from different versions of Earth instead of where I'm from.

So...I wanted to follow up because I want to hear about it.

[ Erik can be suspicious, of course, but Zack genuinely means what he's saying. ]