[ He knows Kirk is joking with that sigh, but pins him with a look that's only slightly a dare - and also some form of joke. ]

I've been doing this for a year. There are prototypes available, though past the experimental stage.

[ From there he gets more serious, if only a little. ]

With Bashir. It's very self-serving. The medical technology here is terrible and if anyone treats me as a human I'm dead, or worse than.