Crazy as this sounds, the preceding scene pays off the Worf/Ezri friendship in a really good way, too.

Keep your distance, but don't LOOK like you're keeping your distance.

"Gowron takes charge of the fleet against all objection
'Cause he's a statesman sans Kolrami's skill with a stratagem"

Klingons value three things more than anything: victory, blood wine, and convenient loopholes in the rules of honor.

He gets a pretty BAMF moment in an episode to come, though.