That reaction is in actual fact glorious. So much so that Jim exhales in a rush, artfully hidden tension leaving him in a snap-- he laughs, loud, and has to pause to bend over and press his hands against his knees for a brief moment. "Well, thank god for that," he says in a half-groan as he straightens back up, semi-hysterical laughter only hanging around in his voice for a few words before he manages to shake it off.
"No reason. Don't worry about it. Everything's fine-- why are you here? And watching me, specifically."
Amazing, really, the emotional gamut his demeanor can run in a matter of seconds; he ends on sincere curiosity, hoping the other man's not in some kind of trouble.
The raised eyebrow turned on him at that moment said, quite eloquently, that he did not for even an instant believe that there was no reason, that he shouldn't worry about it, and that everything was fine. Everything was never fine.
"Curiosity. The last time I got to meet you, we didn't have much time to talk."
That look slides off Kirk like eggs off Teflon, willfully oblivious. Yeah, something batshit crazy definitely happened, but he's not going to go detailing it right here in an Academy hall. Or possibly ever.
Interesting, though. The last time he remembers meeting Benjamin Sisko, they did have time to talk - not leisurely, and not about anything good, but he'd spent enough time in that dismal future being smuggled this way and that to come up with what he felt was a pretty good read on the man. Even met his kid. Between that and the uniform, he knows whatever's going on is even weirder than it looks at first glance.
"Do you have time now?" Jim nods an invitation for the other man to follow him. "The brass put me up in some half decent digs while I'm here."
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"No reason. Don't worry about it. Everything's fine-- why are you here? And watching me, specifically."
Amazing, really, the emotional gamut his demeanor can run in a matter of seconds; he ends on sincere curiosity, hoping the other man's not in some kind of trouble.
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"Curiosity. The last time I got to meet you, we didn't have much time to talk."
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Interesting, though. The last time he remembers meeting Benjamin Sisko, they did have time to talk - not leisurely, and not about anything good, but he'd spent enough time in that dismal future being smuggled this way and that to come up with what he felt was a pretty good read on the man. Even met his kid. Between that and the uniform, he knows whatever's going on is even weirder than it looks at first glance.
"Do you have time now?" Jim nods an invitation for the other man to follow him. "The brass put me up in some half decent digs while I'm here."