Spock listens to everything that Doctor McCoy has to say without interruption. He briefly looks as though he will ask a question about the relevance of citrus fruits to one's expression, but he ends up not doing so. Instead, he sits slightly less rail-straight next to him and looks out across the garden they are in before he says anything at all.

"I am familiar," he finally says, "with that type of mandated delicacy." He does not indicate if he means it with family or otherwise, nor does he indicate if it involves himself or if so, he actually shows any measurable restraint of his normal flat delivery.

At length, he speaks again. "I have not changed my opinion of Jim Kirk as a whole." A beat, and he adds: "However, I am—" He pauses, attempting to find the correct word for it. Angry does not exactly suit. Nor does disappointed, though it is tempting to say as much. "Somewhat vexed."