I think it's entirely possible that someone up the chain of command just wanted to get Kirk away from the cameras and reporters at the press conferences. Not that I don't appreciate it. My cheeks were beginning to hurt.
[The brave heroes. Pride of the Federation. It had soured in her stomach, after a while. Kids, almost every one of them. Scared and desperate, in the right wrong place at the not quite worst time. They weren't necessarily heroes because they were the best. They were heroes because they were the only ones left. She doesn't see that as a victory.
But it's easier to handle, here, in space. It's easier to pretend that there's a fleet out there somewhere, that they aren't quite as alone as she feels.]
But I think we can both agree on the prudence of no details.
[Call her on this, and she will not be happy, but she reaches out and lays two fingertips against the screen, on the edge of Spock's cheek.]
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[The brave heroes. Pride of the Federation. It had soured in her stomach, after a while. Kids, almost every one of them. Scared and desperate, in the right wrong place at the not quite worst time. They weren't necessarily heroes because they were the best. They were heroes because they were the only ones left. She doesn't see that as a victory.
But it's easier to handle, here, in space. It's easier to pretend that there's a fleet out there somewhere, that they aren't quite as alone as she feels.]
But I think we can both agree on the prudence of no details.
[Call her on this, and she will not be happy, but she reaches out and lays two fingertips against the screen, on the edge of Spock's cheek.]