Strange, [ he agrees, ] but good. I've always felt like the people in Olympia and Wyver really deserved the truth about us, seeing as how much the Natha have already meddled. Darma's code of non-interference has never been an honest one; putting is down there and letting us keep a single thread from our home worlds already blew that out of the water.

[ Nobody knows the frustrations of the Prime Directive like Captain Kirk, but he just flat out doesn't agree with the way this has been handled. He's still on the fence about whether he believes Darma has been acting with the best intentions, or what. Unlike most people when it comes to judging end results, he believes intent matters - because intent predicts the direction of future action - but man, shit's been weird, and tragic.

He exhales, shaking it off, and smiles at X'rhun. ] So. You hungry?

[ Maybe they can philosophize more over an early dinner, eeyyyy. ]