[ The contact is simple, but Spock allows himself to use it as an anchor as he opens his eyes again. Time and again, it's his moments of weakness that remind him why it is so important to maintain logical order in his mind. A loss of control on his part is much more severe than on the part of a human. ]

I know. I know you are.

[ Were in not for Jim making the connection between the Kelvin and what they'd been heading towards, Spock's father would have been lost, too and perhaps the entire Enterprise as well. Spock has no doubt that Jim feels his own sense of weight where the fate of Vulcan is concerned.

Spock brings his other hand up to touch Jim's hand where it rests on his arm. ]

As am I. I should not have allowed myself to become so--I would not trade the lives of others for anyone else's. Not even for my mother's.