It's an easy request to fulfill, although he's mildly embarrassed she needed to ask. It was a given back home that he would only ever be focused on the next vendetta, the next big mystery -- but it doesn't need to be the same here. It shouldn't be the same here.

"Not only can I do that for you, but I probably need to. From a 'healthy' perspective." He even curls a finger against her shoulder to imitate the sarcastic scare quotes. "You aren't the first person to mention the problem, at any rate. ...But that was only the first of two requests, wasn't it?"

He's going to side-step the ship eating her boyfriend. It feels a little rude to talk about the Captain right after she asked for more of his attention!