Kind of sappy chapter, not very funny but sort of sweet!
It just wasn't fair. Just when all of his hard work is about to pay off they waltz into the ice fortress ready to rescue him and Scotty. Well that's not exactly what happens but that's beside the point, anyway who do they think they are taking him away without warning. It shouldn't be alright federation or not they shouldn't be able to take away someone's (nearly) fiancée just because they've finally realised just how cleaver and useful he really is.
It's not just the half rescue that bothers him; after all he's been left on his own before. It's the timing. Scotty had surely been on the edge of proposing. After weeks of blessed isolation together the two of them had grown closer than ever trying to fix up the rotting station together. In fact Keenser hadn't received so much of Scotty's undivided attention since their academy days. Even if they were cold and starving at least they had been together.
It hurts somewhat to think of him alone in space facing danger and death. But Keenser knows it's important he go, that Scotty helps prevent the twisted dreams of a monster come true Not just for the universes sake but also for their new born cub.