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There isn't anything I'd like to talk about less, than that movie.
[It's probably the most irrelevant bit of information for his entire life, oh my god]
Let's talk about the Prime Directive. Ignoring it, well, we've seen how well that works out for me. So your bright idea? Drop me somewhere where temporal warfare is the whole point. And then you go and get Bones dragged in along for the ride.
[Which, yeah going through hell with his best friend, easier than going without. But it's not conductive to Bones' continued life span, you dick]
I think I've been pretty cooperative, up until now. Right up until they started messing with things they don't understand, and got a home world destroyed.
It's like- [Watching Vulcan all over again, and he knows that keenly. Still remembers how it felt] A no win.
And I can't do that. [Can't live that a third time. Can't turn a blind eye and refuse to help because it's the safest, protocol defined option. Can't try to help and realize it doesn't matter, know that he could have done something that'll have an even bigger ripple on the timelines-
It's where he draws the line. Throws in the towel and backs off]
[It's probably the most irrelevant bit of information for his entire life, oh my god]
Let's talk about the Prime Directive. Ignoring it, well, we've seen how well that works out for me. So your bright idea? Drop me somewhere where temporal warfare is the whole point. And then you go and get Bones dragged in along for the ride.
[Which, yeah going through hell with his best friend, easier than going without. But it's not conductive to Bones' continued life span, you dick]
I think I've been pretty cooperative, up until now. Right up until they started messing with things they don't understand, and got a home world destroyed.
It's like- [Watching Vulcan all over again, and he knows that keenly. Still remembers how it felt] A no win.
And I can't do that. [Can't live that a third time. Can't turn a blind eye and refuse to help because it's the safest, protocol defined option. Can't try to help and realize it doesn't matter, know that he could have done something that'll have an even bigger ripple on the timelines-
It's where he draws the line. Throws in the towel and backs off]
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[You know, like he does with everything else he figures doesn't have to apply to him]
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And what, give up instead?
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[Because what, he should fuck with the prime directive when it's an entire planet at stake- apparently as long as it's not at home, but not if it's for a single person?
Or is it that he can't touch it when it's his own agenda, and he should just be doing it with yours?]
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Giving up is different from following the rules.
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[He's never listened to anyone, and just because sometimes Pike is the exception, it doesn't mean- After everything- that it's going to continue.
Kirk only gets pushed if he wants to be] But you'd know all about it, if you'd stuck around.
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Yes, yes he did. He can't even form a response to their previous argument when he's saying things like that.]
Really? You're really going to do this?
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It's not fair- But life has never operated on that system, so why should Kirk?]
Yeah, I really am.
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And playing fairly means less of a chance to get smacked.]
You're going to blame me, for dying, while you were off trying to kill the man instead of rescuing the rest of us? Instead of bringing us the supplies you sent out that window?
/SCREECH
So is running. He's not sure why you forgot that. But it's like flipping a switch, from angry to livid within seconds]
Taking him out was supposed to save all of you! He wasn't going to stop shooting until all of us were dead! [At least he'd done something more than cower behind a table and wait for the inevitable. And- Throwing the first aid kit out the window might have been poor planning but- It wouldn't have saved you from the wound you'd suffered.
But Spock was there- And god, that's old hat. Blaming Spock for everything. But he can't deny the technical truth. Spock had watched Pike get shot, had dragged him away and waited for him to die.
Still- It's not like he doesn't know he should have been there. Having not been, it's going to haunt him for the rest of his life]
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But running doesn't solve things and he stamps down with his cane and frowns. And tries to not be irritated but he is and it's hard not to be.]
And leave those of us that can't move as fast, can't walk, to the hands of one man who gave a damn! What good is getting rid of the threat when his victims are dead anyway!
[Okay his voice did rise at that, he's defensive but also frustrated. Frustrated he can't fix a damn thing in either case.]
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[Flat, no humour] They lost a war and live in a nuclear winter wasteland. Their solution was to kidnap people to hop through certain key points in the timeline to effect changes that should, in theory, change the future to one they find more agreeable.
It's going well so far. [What with, worlds blowing up and all that]
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A Time War is a million times worse than that--or anything else you've ever imagined, human. Entire galaxies can disappear, reality itself can shred under the pressure of thousands of paradoxes every day.
If you haven't run through the smoke of history burning, trying and failing to remember if you were alone from the start, feeling your memories melting, praying to gods you don't believe in that you still existed at the end of the day? Then you don't know from bad. *He's starting to spark. Blue and gold energy floats around him for a moment, and he has to take a moment to calm down.* I haven't had a good night's sleep in longer than you've been alive, little human. Count your blessings every day that you're on the side with the time machines, and don't argue with your elders about what they've seen.
SURPRISE
[ seriously what have you guys been doing with your lives, everything was fine a few months ago. ]
LOOK MA- CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY
Didn't work out too well.
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[ not that he thought the initiative was evil, just - you know, government types. then, with a bit more hesitation: ]
Which world?
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[He thinks it's all a big mess and kind of regrets ever calling the space ship salvageable]
Does it matter?
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[ lecturing captain kirk, probably not his place. it's clear there's more to this, anyway. ]
Look, it's not your fault. Nobody asked to be there.
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[And knowing which one, that it could possibly be yours- Why would anyone want to know that pain? Maybe it's just that- It's easier for him on him]
So that makes it okay, does it? Gold star for trying and free pass not to worry about it any more?
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[Like if you wanted to swallow the baseline of 'I'm fine' and never get to dig any deeper]
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[ She might be asking him for direction, but her voice is gentle. The voice of a friend, not a subordinate.]
creeps in here
[were you expecting something else?]