He could not stifle the soft laugh this time. Sam was adorable in his way, and Kirk was finding the exchange refreshing. Legolas, he thought, was right in his assessment of the Hobbit.

Bill as set aside, however, in favor of Sam's question. He had turned over the issue his mind for awhile, and had decided that given the wide range of people and worlds represented and the fact he was but one man, letting some things slip about his own world was not exactly against the rules of the Prime Directive, and frankly he wasn't sure how he was to be expected to keep it up. He was interacting, which was a violation of itself, and he couldn't very well not, after all.

"Well... not quite so much falling..." he smiled and pointed up towards the sky. "Visitors from the stars, to be precise."