In the process of Kirk's story Pike had moved from standing behind Spock sitting down next to him. Not one to interrupt, especially not with a story as intense as he was being given he instead started to chew his bottom lip while he sat back and crossed his arms over his chest. This entire story was, frankly, insane to hear. Time traveling Romulans? A large enough mining ship to bore out the middle of Vulcan and miniature black holes?
There was a reason Pike was a captain versus a scientist, the science of this entire incident was far to difficult for him to grasp. The impact of the events though, those wouldn't stop nagging at him. Losing Vulcan meant losing a founding member world of the Federation, and even if her people still existed on a different world, well that sort of impact wasn't ever missed across the galaxy. Losing a third of the fleet sounded familiar, but he was fully aware of how thin the fleet was at present for him in his time and that wasn't involving an entire incident with a mad Romulan miner.
"That is a significant difference in our realities." And a glance at Spock, who was still as stone faced as ever but at least had inclined his head to show he was still, in fact, paying attention was enough for Pike to continue. "And one that I can confirm has not happened in ours. Instead, we have been facing a Red Angel, a time traveling person from the future out to combat an AI program, called Control, gone rogue from the future." Which he hoped was proof enough of that difference, but the impact of Vulcan's loss was still enough to rattle Pike.
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There was a reason Pike was a captain versus a scientist, the science of this entire incident was far to difficult for him to grasp. The impact of the events though, those wouldn't stop nagging at him. Losing Vulcan meant losing a founding member world of the Federation, and even if her people still existed on a different world, well that sort of impact wasn't ever missed across the galaxy. Losing a third of the fleet sounded familiar, but he was fully aware of how thin the fleet was at present for him in his time and that wasn't involving an entire incident with a mad Romulan miner.
"That is a significant difference in our realities." And a glance at Spock, who was still as stone faced as ever but at least had inclined his head to show he was still, in fact, paying attention was enough for Pike to continue. "And one that I can confirm has not happened in ours. Instead, we have been facing a Red Angel, a time traveling person from the future out to combat an AI program, called Control, gone rogue from the future." Which he hoped was proof enough of that difference, but the impact of Vulcan's loss was still enough to rattle Pike.