[The sardonic statement is something Khan hardly even registered, he was far too busy noticing the rhythm of Jim's breathing, the Starfleet Academy ring on his hand, the fact that he came in person instead of over the network. Similar to how he was not the one who sent the message, everything that was close to him was personal, with how he addressed Pike by name and no others. Weaknesses Khan could exploit if needed. What he did find interesting was that Kirk was here to do that very kind of assessment on him.
When Jim mentions his crew, Khan's steady, cool, calm observations change; more similar to a snake attempting to bite only to be stopped by it's glass cage and continuing to do so from different angles, attempting to find where there is no transparent barrier to stop it. Their time displacement was that cage, and Kirk's moment of time that's frozen is just what he's trying to bite at.
My crew is my family. There isn't a person he wouldn't kill, a race he wouldn't extinguish, a planet he wouldn't destroy to get them back.
But those options were simple, easy. Destruction was simple. These terms, were something he hated; another leash to hold him back from getting to all seventy-two of them. A game of chess is definitely what Jim was proposing, even though it must sound nothing like it to most anyone else.
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When Jim mentions his crew, Khan's steady, cool, calm observations change; more similar to a snake attempting to bite only to be stopped by it's glass cage and continuing to do so from different angles, attempting to find where there is no transparent barrier to stop it. Their time displacement was that cage, and Kirk's moment of time that's frozen is just what he's trying to bite at.
My crew is my family. There isn't a person he wouldn't kill, a race he wouldn't extinguish, a planet he wouldn't destroy to get them back.
But those options were simple, easy. Destruction was simple. These terms, were something he hated; another leash to hold him back from getting to all seventy-two of them. A game of chess is definitely what Jim was proposing, even though it must sound nothing like it to most anyone else.
Black goes first.]
What are your terms, Captain?
[Tempered patience rang through his words.]