"Yeah? I'm sorry to hear your life necessitates that kinda running."

Not to say that sort of thing isn't ever fun because the adrenaline junkie in Jim Kirk loves it more than he should admit. But it also is usually painful and nearly always ends with someone dying. Less than ideal.

"It doesn't have to be focused on logic. The only games I've ever beaten my first officer, I've done by being as illogical as possible." The memory makes Jim grin a but smugly. "Made him madder than hell, though of course he wouldn't admit it." He takes a seat on a bench near the kid and sips at his coffee for a moment again.

"I've never been one for simulations, personally. But I do get the appeal."