What a good kneazle. Felix boops his nose and picks the PADD up before Jim can notice or object. Skims the message with widening eyes, before his gaze jumps up to check the sender again.

"...Stendarr's mercy." It's a mild oath, Felix biting his tongue not to say more. He leans against the desk, drops the PADD back down. Swallows before he looks at Jim again. The captain's avoidance of his family- his mother, really, since his brother vacated the stage of his own accord - has been deliberate and complete all the years Felix has known him. Even if Jim didn't share every detail about how he felt or why, the Imperial has come to understand on a gut level: Jim Kirk does not do family.

Until now?