[ James knows the value of information all too well, and he genuinely appreciates it being shared. Not that he necessarily expected anything else, but admittedly he's far more used to people keeping things to themselves, in case it turns out to be a tactical advantage. He likes that no one here seems to be concerned with that; might just end up being an advantage on his end. ]

Are they still around? Those Summoned?

[ He realizes he hasn't even learned when people started showing up here. Years? Decades? Centuries? ]

Yes, or maybe they just didn't care about which version they got. [ Or, you know, maybe they wanted the nice Kirk and got him instead. Sucks, huh. ]

Well, I've met one other version of me so far, but I can't say I've ever lived another life. Not that I remember, anyway. [ With his attention now turned to Claude, ] How does that work, exactly?