[Spock raises an eyebrow...] The shift has only just started, it is only logical that you, like me, live in this surrounding area.

[Spock avoids the depression in the ground... hoping that Robin was warning him, and not wanting him to actually go over it...]

Vulcan's usually attempt to stay out of human politics... They are fueled by emotion. However, the decision making factors that the Vulcan high council has in regards to starfleet are substantial. Vulcans are the reason why humanity has the technological advance that it does...