It seemed a Spock was a Spock no matter the universe. A creature that believed itself to be ruled by logic, and mostly was, but it was a logic tripped by emotions its ruler denied.
"If you would have advised such a thing, your logic would have been brought into question." Pike held up three fingers, then curled two down. "Once, when we first met. The second, when he came into this cell and attempted to enter my mind. The third, when he came again and no guard would have been there fast enough to stop me. So far, three times in which I could have killed a member of this crew easily enough, or forced my way from this cell by his ransom."
"Yet I have not. What you might scoff at as force used in my own self defense, was merely training to keep from being destroyed physically or mentally by your own race. A predator is only a predator when it goes on the hunt." Pike stared at Spock, unblinking. "Otherwise, just a being living its way."
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Date: 2009-08-14 01:15 pm (UTC)"If you would have advised such a thing, your logic would have been brought into question." Pike held up three fingers, then curled two down. "Once, when we first met. The second, when he came into this cell and attempted to enter my mind. The third, when he came again and no guard would have been there fast enough to stop me. So far, three times in which I could have killed a member of this crew easily enough, or forced my way from this cell by his ransom."
"Yet I have not. What you might scoff at as force used in my own self defense, was merely training to keep from being destroyed physically or mentally by your own race. A predator is only a predator when it goes on the hunt." Pike stared at Spock, unblinking. "Otherwise, just a being living its way."