[That's usually a pretty rude question to ask where he's from but he can't help it. She looks Terran and she certainly doesn't look like any species he knows that could survive on Mercury. Not with...all that water at her disposal at least.
Also she...she made that technology??? Kirk brightens up slightly, despite the literal and figurative mess they're in.]
Your own? What kind of power supply is that? The projection system...is it a scaled down force shield? I've never seen anything like it.
[They had a lot to talk about clearly. Focusing on something so mundane as his interest in the technology she was using was a good distraction from the reality of why he was there in the first place.]
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What species are you?
[That's usually a pretty rude question to ask where he's from but he can't help it. She looks Terran and she certainly doesn't look like any species he knows that could survive on Mercury. Not with...all that water at her disposal at least.
Also she...she made that technology??? Kirk brightens up slightly, despite the literal and figurative mess they're in.]
Your own? What kind of power supply is that? The projection system...is it a scaled down force shield? I've never seen anything like it.
[They had a lot to talk about clearly. Focusing on something so mundane as his interest in the technology she was using was a good distraction from the reality of why he was there in the first place.]
And um. Nice to meet you. Name's Jim Kirk.
...Uh, do I call you "Sailor" or "Mercury"?