Spock meditated.
No, he could not.
Earth. Qo’noS. Vulcan. Andoria.
Earth. Qo’noS. Vulcan. Andoria.
Time went forward.
He saw backward.
No, that wasn’t correct.
He saw forward.
Time went backward.
No, that wasn’t logical.
He could not meditate. Not here.
Christopher Pike would take him home, to be helped.
What home? No Earth. No Qo’noS. No Andoria.
No Vulcan. No Vulcan. No Vulcan. No—
No, not yet. It had not happened yet.
When was “yet”? What time was it?
What was time? Was he in it?
He could not meditate.
He had obligations.
He could not meditate.
Earth. Qo’noS. Vulcan. Andoria.
Christopher Pike had obligations.
Christopher Pike would take him to be helped.
Then he would take Christopher Pike to be helped.
It was not logical—but it felt correct.