_{[Kirk stills at that, not sure how to take the news, and at first not wanting to believe it. Blind? What the hell? He almost wanted to wave his hand in front of the other's eyes, but Spock wouldn't lie about that. ]}

Right, that's... that's okay. Right. Well, let me know when you want to get up and we'll start down, but we should do it soon before it gets any colder.