There are indeed people I can rely on on the Enterprise. Good people. You have met Number One. I would trust her with my life and have on many occasions. She has never given me reason to doubt the strength of her character.

[ He feels similarly about Captain Pike, of course. Friendship feels like an odd label to assign to either of them and Spock does not have the same emotional needs as a human might, but he has no doubt that if he required something of either of them for him own well-being that they would want to help him. He also has no doubt that his Captain considers him a friend.]