Shuttle conversation between Jim, Spock and Uhura

[ Regarding Khan ]

Spock: I calculate the odds of him attempting to kill us at 91.6 percent.

 

Uhura: Good thing you don't care about dying.

 

Spock: I am sorry Lieutenant I could not hear what-

 

Uhura: Oh I didn't say anything.

 

Pause

Uhura: Actually I'd be happy to speak if you're willing to listen to me.

 

Kirk: Guys.

 

Spock: Lieutenant I would prefer to discuss this in private.

 

Uhura: You'd prefer not to discuss this at all.

 

Spock: Our current circumstances --

 

Kirk: Guys are you really going to do this right now?

 

Uhura: Whenever this seems to require your undivided -- I'm sorry Captain, just two seconds. At that volcano, you didn't give a thought to us. What it would do to me if you died Spock.

 

Pause.

 

Uhura: You didn't feel anything. You didn't care. And I'm not the only one who's upset with you, the captain is too.

 

Kirk: Oh no, no no. Don't drag me into this.

 

Pause.

 

Kirk: She is right.

 

Spock: Your suggestion that I do not care about dying is incorrect. A sentient being's maximal chance at optimizing their utility is a long and prosperous life.

 

Uhura: Great.

 

Kirk: Not exactly a long song Spock.

 

Spock: You misunderstand. It is true I chose to not feel anything upon realizing that my own life was ending. As Admiral Pike was dying I joined with his consciousness and experienced what he felt at the moment of his passing. Anger. Confusion. Loneliness. Fear. I have experienced those feelings before, multiplied exponentially on the day my planet was destroyed.

 

Pause.

 

Spock: Such a feeling is something I chose never to experience again.

 

Pause.

 

Spock: Nyota you mistake my choice not to feel, as a reflection of my not caring. While I assure you the truth is precisely the opposite.