[It's several days later. The furor has died down. And there's a small, discrete bleep to Kirk's device. Oh, hey. New message.]

Ah, the Kobayashi Maru. One of the only decent ideas ever to come out of Starfleet. I had heard of this little incident, through Admiral Marcus. Quite the display, Captain.

Shall we stop pretending, you and I? You've been oh so very careful to try to hide from me, to try to protect your crew and your friends. It's unnecessary, you know.