"Captain's Log, Supplemental.
"It didn't have to end that way. I can't help feeling... I could have done something else to save Gary. And Doctor Danner.
"I remember Gary back at the Academy. He was so young and fresh. Gary was always an optimist, always thought the best of things. That's why I requested him aboard my ship... I knew he'd help morale.
"It all ended up with us running scared from him.
"It's my fault he had to die. I should have taken it more seriously from the beginning, maybe if we'd gotten on it immediately, we could have come up with some way to help him, or... something.
"Maybe Spock was right... Maybe I should have killed him at the beginning. It would have saved us pains. It would have saved Lee from getting killed. It would have saved Gary from a lot of suffering, too.
"That whole time, a part of him was still in there. When his eyes turned back to that warm brown that I remember, always smiling back at me... I could see him, the real him. He was scared. I could tell he was terrified. This, this... this horror was happening to him and he didn't know how to make it stop.
"How did I help him? Did I 'save' him, like a good Captain is supposed to? No. I crushed him with a rock and killed him.
"God, help me...
"...
"Captain's Log, End."
