*Shivers with the rightness of this*

And if the Meditation of Blood addresses what I think it addresses, then yes, indeed will they need it. Oh yes.

I totally agree with your thought on the effects of Spock's meld with Kirk. I suspect there is going to be fallout from that for some time to come. I'm thinking that interaction is as universe-shaping as the destruction of the Kelvin in its own way. Because Kirk is a vergence/nexus/tipping-point/key, and that *changed* stuff for him.