I was not suggesting we initiate anything. Merely that we be prepared for the initiations of others.

[ Spock cannot sit back and allow certain lines to be crossed. He will not hesitate to put himself between people who would cross them and those in danger from it. ]

I would follow your lead unless I thought you were somehow compromised.

[ They are not on the Enterprise or under any sort of Federation jurisdiction here, but Spock will still act as a officer of Starfleet should. He has no problem questioning Jim when they disagree, but he also trusts his judgment, even when it seems at times illogical to do so. ]