[In the words of the great Samuel Beckett, oh boy. Jim sits back in his chair and rubs a hand across his scalp before he ever even turns the video feed back on. He recognizes this situation already, he's too much of a chess player not to. It'd be like not realizing someone just opened with the Queen's Gambit, tossing a pawn out for the slaughter. This is Korra, all over again. Not in a good way.
Jim opens his mouth. Closes it carefully. Something's wrong, and if he's there, he'll try and mediate. Fix it, like what he did with Korra. Only-- unlike with Korra, Jim knows damn well that Spock and Kyle can (do? should? will?) get along just fine without his interference. The trick would be keeping his mouth shut long enough for the natural synergy to take place. And Jim's never had a good track record for silences. They make his skin crawl if they sit too long.
But it's Spock, and the guy's practically begging Jim to be there. How can he turn that down?
Okay. Breathe. If he was to think about this like tactical warfare there are at least ten moves left on the board.
(But it's not warfare, these are two of his best friends. They know him better than anyone, and he has no illusions about the opacity of his grand gestures where Kyle or Spock are concerned.)
Moves one through ten suddenly look like very bad ideas, and finally Jim turns the feed back on. Veracity. Move eleven.]
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Jim opens his mouth. Closes it carefully. Something's wrong, and if he's there, he'll try and mediate. Fix it, like what he did with Korra. Only-- unlike with Korra, Jim knows damn well that Spock and Kyle can (do? should? will?) get along just fine without his interference. The trick would be keeping his mouth shut long enough for the natural synergy to take place. And Jim's never had a good track record for silences. They make his skin crawl if they sit too long.
But it's Spock, and the guy's practically begging Jim to be there. How can he turn that down?
Okay. Breathe. If he was to think about this like tactical warfare there are at least ten moves left on the board.
(But it's not warfare, these are two of his best friends. They know him better than anyone, and he has no illusions about the opacity of his grand gestures where Kyle or Spock are concerned.)
Moves one through ten suddenly look like very bad ideas, and finally Jim turns the feed back on. Veracity. Move eleven.]
It went that bad, huh?