"Don't shrug that off." Quiet, but dead serious. "You don't have to tell me how unpopular the decision was, even if it was the decision to save everyone. The decision that had to happen, because that's Starfleet. We don't get to say we want peace if there's anyone, anyone we won't make peace with."
In any universe, history will make note of James Kirk and his wrestling matches - with the Prime Directive, with the Kobayashi Maru, with diplomatic relations between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, and so on, and so on. Always shoving his elbow in somewhere and saying look again at the harder choice, even if it's unconventional, or terrifying, or taboo. But this Jim in particular understands how vital it is to confront every choice with total honesty, and the nerve it takes to make them, even when you're crippling a part of yourself.
"You moved a mountain. You don't have to take credit for it, but I'm going to acknowledge it."
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In any universe, history will make note of James Kirk and his wrestling matches - with the Prime Directive, with the Kobayashi Maru, with diplomatic relations between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, and so on, and so on. Always shoving his elbow in somewhere and saying look again at the harder choice, even if it's unconventional, or terrifying, or taboo. But this Jim in particular understands how vital it is to confront every choice with total honesty, and the nerve it takes to make them, even when you're crippling a part of yourself.
"You moved a mountain. You don't have to take credit for it, but I'm going to acknowledge it."