If there's one sound other then the whirring sounds of the medical equipment in the med bay on the Enterprise that keeps the gruff doctor at ease, it's the sound of Jim's laughter, and dare say it, nearly makes him break into a smile of his own. Nearly.

The faint smile is gone just that fast when Kirk pushes his luck even further with Bones. "So, what? You've been dealt a good hand and you want to play it on me?" He's skeptical and he lets it shows. He's damaged goods, Jim. You can do better, is what wants to say.