"I can only assume that your question is rhetorical," said Spock archly, raising an eyebrow. "And that you do not require me to recite my credentials."

He nodded in response to the doctor's diagnosis, pleased - for want of a better word - that his current condition would not leave him incapacitated for a prolonged period of time. Although there was no longer any sign of the creature he had fought, life in Taxon could be most unpredictable. There was no way for him to anticipate what would happen next, and he would prefer to meet it with a high level of fitness.

"I am capable of withstanding the physical pain, doctor."