"Sounds like they'll definitely need you." Jim appreciates someone willing to step up and do what has to be done. He did the same, and it's what Starfleet expects of its personnel.

He drains the rest of his mocha, but he's enjoying the conversation, fascinated by the subject matter, so different from the universe he knows so well. So he's certainly in no hurry to call an end to their talk. "I get the impression that politics back home are pretty complicated."