Picard offers him a small but sincere smile, holding out his hand to still his fellow captain.
"Please, don't feel it necessary to stand," he says, gesturing once again to the captain's chair. "I can imagine finding oneself on a Galaxy-class starship several centuries into the future would make anyone feel homesick. I hope the accommodations we've made available to you haven't fallen short of your expectations?"
He highly doubts the VIP suite Captain Archer was given plays into his feelings at all, but it bears asking if Picard is to consider himself a decent host. It's quite the honor having a man of Archer's reputation aboard the Enterprise-D.
ooc: and then I promptly fell off the face of the internet, I am SO sorry! D:
"Please, don't feel it necessary to stand," he says, gesturing once again to the captain's chair. "I can imagine finding oneself on a Galaxy-class starship several centuries into the future would make anyone feel homesick. I hope the accommodations we've made available to you haven't fallen short of your expectations?"
He highly doubts the VIP suite Captain Archer was given plays into his feelings at all, but it bears asking if Picard is to consider himself a decent host. It's quite the honor having a man of Archer's reputation aboard the Enterprise-D.