Not everyone was keen to wording, but from the look Batman gives him, Kirk knows his phrasing doesn't fly under his radar. Well, he wouldn't really have expected much less from this guy, if he was who he appeared to be. But anyone else would have to put a hell of a lot of work into a get up like this from materials on the Tranquility.
His jaw flexes, just briefly, a tightening in the muscles. It's something Kirk has been avoiding saying, unless asked directly, and with Hayley at his side-
there's no avoiding it. People deserve to know what they could be losing, but in the same breath how many would recede their offer? Is a year or two worth starving someone to death? Jim's hands lift, come to rest on his hips.
"Yes, we have." A beat, "Long term effects can be the literal shortening of one's life span. It's why we aren't allowing people to volunteer more than once." Unless they know the consequences and accept them.
And that, if nothing else, explains why Kirk looks curiously older than his twenty five years.
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His jaw flexes, just briefly, a tightening in the muscles. It's something Kirk has been avoiding saying, unless asked directly, and with Hayley at his side-
there's no avoiding it. People deserve to know what they could be losing, but in the same breath how many would recede their offer? Is a year or two worth starving someone to death? Jim's hands lift, come to rest on his hips.
"Yes, we have." A beat, "Long term effects can be the literal shortening of one's life span. It's why we aren't allowing people to volunteer more than once." Unless they know the consequences and accept them.
And that, if nothing else, explains why Kirk looks curiously older than his twenty five years.