"I don't know," he said, spreading his hands. "Our ancestors used to kill tigers and wolves and bears simply because human expansion had crowded them out of their hunting grounds. Both were only doing what came naturally to them, under incomprehensible circumstances. Both sides aiming for survival. We don't know what the Klingons will do. Or the Romulans. We suspect what they're capable of. And so we make treaties, we figure out what they want, and somehow try to live in the same universe.
"Pike's life is not mine to take. You need to decide if it's yours. That's the decision. And whatever it is, there are options, even if we haven't seen them yet."
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"I don't know," he said, spreading his hands. "Our ancestors used to kill tigers and wolves and bears simply because human expansion had crowded them out of their hunting grounds. Both were only doing what came naturally to them, under incomprehensible circumstances. Both sides aiming for survival. We don't know what the Klingons will do. Or the Romulans. We suspect what they're capable of. And so we make treaties, we figure out what they want, and somehow try to live in the same universe.
"Pike's life is not mine to take. You need to decide if it's yours. That's the decision. And whatever it is, there are options, even if we haven't seen them yet."