he receives a sudden, overwhelming memory of yellow sunshine, the smell of long Earth grass in the summer, and the strength of being young.

Goddamn. There's something heartbreaking about this Spock, ostensibly so young, feeling this world weary. Gah.

(...OH DUDE Spock Prime has all the memories of the mother that lived, and a father that didn't need her death to finally unbend, doesn't he?)