"I will likely live through the sentence usually set down for treason, if you were to pursue that charge. However, there would be few, if any, opportunities for me once I am released." He had taken out all the nervous energy that would normally accompany these words in any other person, and he had to get rid of it somehow. Spock stood from his seat, and stepped around to face the plain wall behind the chair, his back to the other man. "Are you aware that Vulcans are able to regulate their heart beat, Jim?"