A slow breath out, and Kirk closed his eyes. There was only silence in the room for what seemed like an eternity. Kirk searched inside of himself, testing those words, the knowledge he had from the other Spock and Prime, testing his own intuition, perhaps.

Then, slowly, he smiled. He lifted his head, their eyes meeting again, and he leaned back. "Well, then. You've told me about our intruder, she's not causing harm since there haven't been any warnings. So this time, I guess you were right. How about... not doing this in the future?"