[Joaquin just looks at Kirk--steady despite the surprise he feels, that the man would understand his devotion to his people and help him get to them before he takes out the Vulcan. It would, perhaps, be more expedient for him to use Joaquin to get to him, and it would accomplish much the same end--the pointy-eared bastard dead and Joaquin's people freed, and Joaquin wouldn't begrudge him that. But the order matters.
This is a man worth following. Joaquin's first loyalty will always be to Khan, but perhaps...
An alliance is not out of the question. He's been told, the status their kin holds in this time and place. They're outnumbered, and will need time to adjust and learn.
It won't be his place to decide, but what he can do is give Khan his opinion.]
If he's woken any of the others, he'll end up regretting it.
[He says with a feral smile that spells out in gleaming white teeth just how he'll regret it. One Augment is a force to be reckoned with. A group of them has the potential to be devastating.]
[ Jim hisses in anger and pain before turning away from Bones and back to Joaquin. ]
So, the Vulcan first, or your people?
[ One of Joaquin's people saved Jim and his best friend when they were children. When they were helpless and he had every right to leave the weak ones to die. He hadn't. ]
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This is a man worth following. Joaquin's first loyalty will always be to Khan, but perhaps...
An alliance is not out of the question. He's been told, the status their kin holds in this time and place. They're outnumbered, and will need time to adjust and learn.
It won't be his place to decide, but what he can do is give Khan his opinion.]
If he's woken any of the others, he'll end up regretting it.
[He says with a feral smile that spells out in gleaming white teeth just how he'll regret it. One Augment is a force to be reckoned with. A group of them has the potential to be devastating.]
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So, the Vulcan first, or your people?
[ One of Joaquin's people saved Jim and his best friend when they were children. When they were helpless and he had every right to leave the weak ones to die. He hadn't. ]
I need to know before we make a move.