"'Spock,' Jim breathes out, completely overwhelmed by the gesture—not quite believing that Spock knows him so well, that's he's already started researching, that he trusts Jim with a member of his own endangered species."
When Jim gets it in his head to adopt an eight year old Vulcan, Spock presents a logical solution to the issue of Jim's humanity: marriage to a Vulcan citizen.
Well I am a bit embarrassed to officially log this on my Goodreads account but my need to "get credit" for my reading effort outweighs my personal pride (thank you, Pizza Hut Book It! program of the '90s).