Spock renounces his claim on T'Pring, but not before demanding an explanation from her. She explains that she feared losing Stonn in the "kal-if-fee". By choosing Kirk, T'Pring would be assured of having Stonn in some capacity regardless of the outcome: if Spock was the victor, he would release her from the marriage (for having made the challenge in the first place), and if Kirk had won, he would not want her either. Spock, now free of the "pon farr", compliments T'Pring on her flawless logic, and returns to the "Enterprise," warning Stonn that "having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting."