Kirk watched him, realizing what he was saying. But in the months and years that had passed since then, he had never blamed Spock for what happened. If anything, he blamed Nero and his selfish desires that had more or less driven him mad. Spock had done all that he could, though admittedly maybe he could have listened faster. But still...

And maybe that was kind of the point, wasn't it? He had done all he could, and some results he simply couldn't keep from happening. The realization did nothing to ease the feeling in his gut, not yet, but there seemed to be some sort of appeasement, a willingness to at least listen to that rationale rather than totally reject it from the start.

"It doesn't mean that some things that happened weren't my fault, Spock. On some level, I'm responsible for some of the things that happened." Like taking those "torpedos" onto his ship.