"I-"

He wants to be as smooth and confident as the other man, as he's seen Poe be time and again. As he sometimes is, when they're already laughing and the words are flowing more easily. Right now? Not happening. So a quick reply about how he's more of a hands on learner when it comes to new assignments doesn't come out. It just sticks in his throat until he turns to press a kiss into Poe's hair.

"Uh. We can....manage something. Like that."