I genuinely look forward to hearing more about your sinister interpretation of the Andy Griffith Show.
[ Pike is slightly surprised by how easy it is to fall into step with someone he hasn't known very long or very well. The last time he'd met a new Jim Kirk, he'd been the one the knowledge asymmetry favored; now the dynamic is reversed, and the knowledge gap substantially widened, but things are still pretty seamless. Maybe he sees shades of himself -- a kid who's eager to push boundaries, to take on the galaxy with both hands. Pike has been that kid. Granted, Pike had been that kid with a pack of Magic cards and a copy of Nicomachean Ethics in his messenger bag. But pushing boundaries looks like different things to different people. ]
My god.
I thought you were talking about your Academy student ID photo.
Unless that was your student ID photo. In which case, I may have underestimated your bravado.
[ It definitely could have been worse. Pike hopes the AI hasn't found his junior rodeo photos. ]
No kids of your own, then?
[ That's casual. It's a completely normal thing to ask in response to Jim's statement. ]
no subject
[ Pike is slightly surprised by how easy it is to fall into step with someone he hasn't known very long or very well. The last time he'd met a new Jim Kirk, he'd been the one the knowledge asymmetry favored; now the dynamic is reversed, and the knowledge gap substantially widened, but things are still pretty seamless. Maybe he sees shades of himself -- a kid who's eager to push boundaries, to take on the galaxy with both hands. Pike has been that kid. Granted, Pike had been that kid with a pack of Magic cards and a copy of Nicomachean Ethics in his messenger bag. But pushing boundaries looks like different things to different people. ]
My god.
I thought you were talking about your Academy student ID photo.
Unless that was your student ID photo. In which case, I may have underestimated your bravado.
[ It definitely could have been worse. Pike hopes the AI hasn't found his junior rodeo photos. ]
No kids of your own, then?
[ That's casual. It's a completely normal thing to ask in response to Jim's statement. ]