[It occurs to her that she is now literally being a shoulder to cry on and Kirk still doesn't really know who the hell she is or what they've been through together and she's so far outside her comfort zone that she can't even see it any more but - he needs her. So she's here. And it really is just that simple.
This is probably what love feels like, which is a thought she fences off to stare at and worry about later.]
Yeah? Good. Great.
[She squeezes his shoulders.]
It'll be okay, Jim. Don't - ask me how, or when, but - it will.
[That's not a good enough answer. That doesn't change anything. It doesn't bring Pike back. It doesn't tell him what he should do now. It doesn't solve anything. It feels like when his mom passed and everyone was so sorry about that but they didn't really have anything practical to give him.]
Yeah, it'll be okay once I kill the son of a bitch who did it.
[This might be the part of the conversation where she's supposed to say something about not heading out for vengeance, but she doesn't actually believe all that if-you-go-seeking-revenge-first-dig-two-graves crap. Maybe if it was a bit less personal, less immediate, but...it isn't.]
[She has to put this through a filter she understands. If someone had killed Kirk, and he wasn't on the Barge, and she was free to go do something about it?]
[He nods slowly. Probably would've hated any other answer that she could have given because that's it. That's all he can think about doing. Spock failed at it, he's here and Khan's still out there and it needs to be over.]
... Thanks. I know this is probably super awkward.
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This is probably what love feels like, which is a thought she fences off to stare at and worry about later.]
Yeah? Good. Great.
[She squeezes his shoulders.]
It'll be okay, Jim. Don't - ask me how, or when, but - it will.
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Yeah, it'll be okay once I kill the son of a bitch who did it.
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I know.
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Spock said he's still out there.
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Are you gonna be able to stay here and deal with your Inmate, knowing that?
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I don't know.
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I'd go home and kick the guy's ass.
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... Thanks. I know this is probably super awkward.
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Super awkward is kiiinda how the Barge does. You get used to it.
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