"It is, indeed. While the suffering that has been caused by the alterations to the timeline cannot be fixed, I cannot help but to watch the people who were once my crew carry on in spite of the difficulties they have faced."

Though sitting in James Kirk's hospital room every day for months while he recovered from his untimely demise at the hands of Khan Noonien Singh was not pleasant--far from it--the things this new Enterprise has accomplished in so little time brings Spock hope for their futures.

"Even if their futures will not be exactly like my past, I am proud to call them my friends."