[ Look, the crystal stuff is just for science, it's fine.

Anyway, he assumes Jim doesn't want him cuddling up to his boyfriend so takes that for what it is. ]

I look forward to it and to meeting anyone else you've come to know.

Actually... besides making connections, what else have you been doing on this planet? [ Maybe he wasn't strung out on looking for a way home but Spock kinda figures he just wasn't getting to know people. Yeah, Jim's good at that (really good at that) but he also knows that Jim gets bored. ]