Why? It wasn't exactly a question, more like a probing. The bond allowed for movements Jim didn't understand and Spock was understandably finding awkward to explain. There had been no bonding ritual, no tenuous start of a telepathic promise for eventual joining, and yet, here it was, quite accidental.

Jim immediately closed the question out when he realized what he was doing. This dance was impossible to navigate. He had two left feet.

Uh. So. This-- Us. Is it fixable? Did he want it to be fixed? Knowing it for what it was, couldn't it actually help them out? Relay commands, get through communication barriers-- Was that selflish?