[He settles down as well, a little heavily as he plucks up his own fork, the amused gaze he'd leveled on Jim turns to Spock in mild surprise. He was used to that even, logical tone being directed at him from the Vulcan's adult counterpart, but it was just surreal coming from the young boy, pointy ears or not.]

I'm starting to think that world-ending paradoxes are the last of our problems in this place.

[A thought strikes him and he frowns, looking back and forth between Jim and the kid.]

God, but you didn't tell him about his-- [He doesn't finish because it isn't pleasant to think about, and really how do you break it to someone, a child especially, that they had losing their entire planet to look forward to.]