[ Xenk can't help but feel pride at Kirk's words. They're words that will destroy him, that will dig a dagger into his heart for every failure, but they are the words of a man twice his age. ]

You have the mark of a true leader. How sad that you found it through such hardship.

[ But Xenk grabs blankets too. He promised he would help, and he promised he would keep Kirk safe. He folds one up over his shoulder and grabs another under his arm. ]

We will guard them to the last. If I must defeat this Kudos, I will do so -- if only in your dream.