Yeah... yeah. This isn't worth losing myself over. I won't let them win.

[Taking a deep breath, he pulls the black and gold coat he's wearing closer around himself, face more resolute. It seems that little reassurance helps him center himself, brings back the confidence that might have been waning in the face of death and failure.]

I'll make more rabbit traps, maybe we'll catch another one.

[He grins at Xenk, though his expression is deeply injured by the trauma and pain that's in his eyes, that lines his gaunt face. Still there is definitely some Kirk in that expression, something that will become the man he does.]