Head down, this is one of the topics he doesn't like to focus on. It's not that he minds, but there's a part of him that remembers being at his lowest and Jim being in a like place and how they'd been there for each other. Sometimes, it kind of feels like Spock's replaced his friendship, though he can't exactly say that, especially now.

"So I'd better do a scan of your brain," he says, working to get the tricorder to the right function. "Hold still," he says. "And if you can, try and tap into that link."