It sent him back a few weeks. If I had the Force...

He set the cup down harder than was needed, not starting at the sharp noise it made. This was better. This he could deal with more than Kes and Poe's complicated relationship. There was a difference, in that Poe had no expectation of a happy retirement, of raising his kids in peace. Probably thanks to the failed dream of his own parents, of hearing Kes lament this very thing when he went off to war. Come to think of it, he had to wonder how much of his certainty of death and misery had been cemented in this very room...

Something for a different time. Absolutely not points he would bring up here.

"I'm in this for your son. For...for a very, very large part."

There were two people in this galaxy that weren't allowed to die alone or in pain. Finn would abandon any resistance mission to make sure of that without a moment of hesitation.

"I promise. Not while I'm around."