"Are you finished with the report on the Vians for Starfleet yet?" Bones said, entering Kirk's quarters.
The captain had been waiting for this. "Not yet," he said. "Why, have something you want to add?"
"Oh, you know I do, Jim," Bones said, sitting down in one of Kirk's chairs. "But maybe you'd better leave me out of it."
"Well," Kirk said, "why don't you just tell me what you think?"
"You already know what I think," Bones said, his voice dripping with bitterness. "Such a stupid 'test.' Of course Gem's not going to want to sacrifice herself for a bunch of aliens she just met! So ridiculous that they just got away with torturing all of us like that."
"Now, don't give up your hopes on justice yet," the captain said. "I'm taking into account everything that happened and I'm strongly advising that the Vians be tried for crimes against humanity."
Bones smiled despite himself. "I should have never doubted you, Jim."
