[Short pause, and then, rather stilted.] You don't have to justify everything you say. My skin is quite thick and I do not require apologies.

Not particularly. They were not assumptions, but statement of fact, I do not require proof. Though apparently you do. So perhaps it's for the best. Still, you may as well know I don't approve of the Admiral's methods. If you like, we can undertake an investigation into how such, free speech, may be prevented should it happen again.