"As a Starfleet officer, I'm trained not to push buttons or pull triggers unless I know what I'm doing." Or when in a corner, but this was hardly a crisis situation. Nonetheless, he grinned and immediately reached for a gun labeled as a "Portable Meson Gun" - not actually holding it properly, just getting a feel for its weight.

"Also, if literature can teach you anything, it's not to play with life-giving toys. Did the gauntlets come to life and try to strangle you when you used them, or something? And you've used that name before, Dalek - what's that, exactly? Like a Weevil?"