Ambassador Troi-Kirk sat with two of her husband's friends, to know him better.

"Because of all the melds, I can't read Jim's thoughts. Sometimes he's just so inscrutable!"

Chapel raised a finger.

"Spock is twenty times more inscrutable than Jim could ever hope to be."

Number One, as she was still called, shook her head.

"Chris Pike was more Vulcan than Surak, when it came to inscrutability. No contest."

Lxwana turned to a nearby terminal.

"Computer, based on known public personality patterns of Captains Kirk, Spock, and Pike, who was the most inscrutable?"

The computer quickly responded.

"Unable To Comply."