"Nothing I will attempt again," she assures him, not actually answering the question. At the rate they are going, she estimates they will manage to clear the area of interference within three minutes, an amount of time Spock knows she can survive.

One day, she will lecture him about risking his life in situations such as this. After examining her own reactions, of course, because none of her behavior has been logical so far. She continues forward, picking up her pace as much as she dares, and the communicator in her hand crackles to life.

"Sulu to Captain Kirk-" comes from it, Sulu's voice much clearer, until it breaks into static again. But that amount of clarity shows they are reaching the edge of the disruption field.