[His breathing comes in pained pants, making it hard to speak, making him halt and gasp. His bloodshot eyes are teary, because he knows, he knew what he was doing. That he was killing himself by doing this. ]
It's what needed to be done...
[Kirk knows this isn't how this is supposed to play out, that Spock is supposed to be here, not Bones. That the conversation is supposed to go differently, yet this feels right too. For this dream, this memory.]
to save the crew, to save everyone...
[The pain was so real, a memory he could never and will never forget, so unbearable that his screaming so much worse suddenly in the waking world, horrified and pained, blood running from him in droves. But here he just looks lost as he tries to focus on Bones.]
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[His breathing comes in pained pants, making it hard to speak, making him halt and gasp. His bloodshot eyes are teary, because he knows, he knew what he was doing. That he was killing himself by doing this. ]
It's what needed to be done...
[Kirk knows this isn't how this is supposed to play out, that Spock is supposed to be here, not Bones. That the conversation is supposed to go differently, yet this feels right too. For this dream, this memory.]
to save the crew, to save everyone...
[The pain was so real, a memory he could never and will never forget, so unbearable that his screaming so much worse suddenly in the waking world, horrified and pained, blood running from him in droves. But here he just looks lost as he tries to focus on Bones.]