[ There are so many tripwires for her to navigate just by speaking to him and he holds none of them against her, just like he accepts with a nod the circuitous explanations when they arise. He wants to know, certainly, but Jim doesn't indulge his curiosity on the matter. ]

But they didn't, did they? He got it. The ... project. [ Whatever it is, that description fits broadly enough not to touch upon any details for either of them. Fucking temporal laws. ] There was nothing like that for us, all he wanted was his crew back. He used me to get on board Admiral Marcus's ship and attacked the Enterprise.

The Khan you knew, what happened to him?