"Don't you think I know it's ridiculous!?" Kirk almost growled, but it wasn't an anger at Jim at all. "Prime, the old Spock, lied his ass off. I know that much, I looked into it. Vulcans can't lie my foot. I don't understand why they don't believe us but, but..."

His fingers tightened. "Two weeks. That's it. Two. Weeks. That's all they're giving us to figure this out... or we'll be forced back to Earth." Kirk didn't think he would need to explain what would happen if they got back to Earth. How all of the transplanted people would be forced under batteries of tests, near interrogations or in some cases, full on ones.