"I realize you're also capable of handling yourself. I suppose I would just rather nothing unpleasant come your way." She might have been thin and tall and beautiful, but Spock had a feeling that she could take a man down with little problem. Uhura was stong, intimidating. He had liked this in her before he'd even been interested.
"Are your friends on the network in different departments from you?" As far as he could tell, there were two of them and Uhura. A man and a woman, who talked rather loudly about their jobs. Spock wondered why they were so open about what they did while Uhura was mum, but kept the question to himself.