"Sometimes, life doesn't work like that." Jim fought down the instinct to get Spock's hand off him, instead just watching him. "You have been working on... whatever this is by not forcing it. Maybe whatever happened with your brother and Bones might have fixed that, but only time's going to fix this. Alright?"

He gave a slight smile. "I didn't think 2010 was that bad that you needed to come in here and do this."