If there's anything that's a red flag wrapped in a blaring siren with twelve foot-tall neon letters spelling DANGER, it's Jim Kirk turning down a challenge. Kyle freezes, for a moment, and then he gets up and wanders around to Jim, standing just outside his personal space. He lifts a hand, it hovers in mid-air, and drops it. Uncertainty is written into every line of him, he doesn't know what to do, he only knows a few things and none of that's ever been enough to do the job.

Eventually he just sits down and gives Jim an awkward half-hug from the side.