- Spock: I've never understood the human inclination to laugh at others' misfortune. It feels... impolite.
- Nurse Christine Chapel: That's why it's funny.
- Spock: Because it breaks the social expectation?
- Captain Christopher Pike: Sometimes, Mr. Spock, things go so badly, you just have to laugh.
- Nurse Christine Chapel: You ready for this?
- Spock: I am more than capable of managing any pain you can induce.
- Nurse Christine Chapel: [chuckling] Mr. Spock, now you're just toying with me.
- Spock: That was not my intention.
- Nyota Uhura: Oh, umm, can I help you?
- Hemmer: No.
- Spock: You have offended Hemmer, our new Chief Engineer.
- Nyota Uhura: No offence intended. I was raised to offer help to anyone with a sensory impairment. If I was...
- Hemmer: That word again.
- Nyota Uhura: Sir?
- Hemmer: "Impaired". A human in my condition might consider themselves impaired.
- Spock: Hemmer may not be able to see, but his other senses compensate.
- Hemmer: "Compensate"? They are superior.
- Nyota Uhura: Uh, I've read that, among many things, the Aenar have a form of precognitive ability.
- Hemmer: I knew you were going to ask that.
- Nyota Uhura: Because you sensed my question before i asked it?
- Hemmer: Because everyone always asks that.
- Nyota Uhura: Right.
- Hemmer: [Hemmer puts his right hand over his left shoulder and catches a carrot Spock tossed to him] You telegraphed your throw telepathically.
- Spock: As was my intention, to illustrate.
- [Hemmer chuckles]
- Nyota Uhura: This is a hazing thing, isn't it? You guys are screwing around.
- Nyota Uhura: [In Aenar to Hemmer] You guys really need to get out more.
- [Hemmer looks surprised]
- Nyota Uhura: [In Vulcan to Spock] Seriously.
- Nyota Uhura: I think I need a drink.
- Hemmer: I like her.
- Spock: Indeed.
- Spock: [to Cadet Uhuru] I would say to you that Starfleet has been a lifelong dream for many, myself included. If it is not your path, you might consider making way for someone else who wants to walk it.
- Spock: Your humming suggests you may be experiencing distress. May I remind you that circumstances are less dire than they were. Mr. Kirk identified one error you can avoid. By eliminating that option, he has improved your odds.
- Nyota Uhura: Was that your version of a pep talk?
- Spock: Yes. I've been working on them. How was it, would you say?
- Nyota Uhura: Maybe don't take your foot off the gas on that one.
- Nurse Christine Chapel: You ready for this?
- Spock: I am more than capable of managing any pain you can induce
- Nurse Christine Chapel: Mr Spock, now you're just toying with me
- Spock: That was not my intention
- Nurse Christine Chapel: I've noticed
- Nyota Uhura: Ow! You could have warned me.
- Nyota Uhura: Then you'd know it was gonna hurt. You know, I've had people run on me?