"The Admiral." Said like both a title and a name. Poe didn't even dare use the man's name in his own head, let alone out loud, and he looked a little stunned that he was talking about it at all. But he shook his head quickly, as if dismissing it.

"It's fine. I'm fine, Finn, a lot of people died. Just get a little blindsided by it, sometime. Let's - let's go back to what we were talking about."

Only he didn't totally remember what they were talking about. Something about liabilities? Being abandoned--

He swallowed.

"Point is, we'll, ah-- it'll work out. Okay? I promise."