[ Xenk lets Jim lay down, though he keeps his hand held in his. He has to admit, he does feel somewhat... out of place now. He'd comforted Kirk in his dreams, as much as he could have, and Kirk had ended up dying in one of his own... but this is likely not the time to have that conversation, nor is Xenk needed for Kirk to heal.

Oh, well. He's here now. He wants to be here. So he'll answer, of course. ]

Edgin and I were speaking of our shared memories when the curse took hold of you.

[ Does anyone else know they share some kind of past together? Well, if anyone were to find out, it should be Kirk. ]

The pinecones were Edgin's attempt at drawing you from your nightmares. He deduced that the scent of pine and cedar might return you to the present, using a more recent memory.