"Because this isn't my world," Jim said quietly. "Officially, I have no authority here. Unofficially, my personal feeling is that this is their ship, their universe. It ceased to be mine at the point Nero appeared, splitting things off and giving that boy an entirely different life from mine. I wasn't part of what brought them to this point--who am I to dictate events now? That said, Christopher, I don't intend to see you stranded if there is a sure way back for you. I just don't see that our options have narrowed to... what you suggest."
But he was touched, oddly, by the suggestion. Even if it went against everything he believed in, even if it was largely manipulative, he did not think a man like Pike made such an offer lightly.
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Date: 2009-11-15 06:50 am (UTC)But he was touched, oddly, by the suggestion. Even if it went against everything he believed in, even if it was largely manipulative, he did not think a man like Pike made such an offer lightly.