[ She has questions, of course: that flicker across his expression at the mention of an Admiral Pike — it's personal, she can read that much — and the vague references to transwarp beaming and transport technology. She imagines the latter is not dissimilar to what Thesa uses to get them to the surface and back, but she hasn't parsed the exact physics of it. It seemed like such a trivial thing to inquire after so she hadn't, but now that she knows Jim is familiar with it, she may just ask.

Later. ]

The beagle declared MIA, [ she nods, following along easily enough. ] A Christmas miracle if I've ever heard one. Quite the life you led before El Nysa, Captain Kirk. It's no wonder you take so much of this in stride.