"I have not attempted to kill them," He replied back in the same formal dialect, outside of Jim's understanding and what Kirk could have possibly learned at the Academy. "Of the seventy-three methods they could die where they sit I have not committed one of them, though they have disregarded any possibility for mercy."

Then, back to Standard, regarding them both. This was supposed to be a constructive meeting. "Then, sir," To Jim. "what do you suggest? Shall we convince her to be towed to the nearest Starbase?"