@NoMoreFN -- of affection to a minimum, which was hard for Poe. "I have to go on a mission soon to talk to some allies about a place we could build our new base, but they're skittish so I'll have to go alone. Can you keep everything running while I'm gone?"
@NoMoreFN — kind of afraid.
Even so, he kept it to himself and reluctantly walked away from Finn and to the tiny ship he had managed to fix up enough to fly in.
He trusted Finn to keep things running while he was gone, and of course Leia was there too. He could trust them all to be okay—
@NoMoreFN — Finn’s shoulders so he could switch it off, then sighed.
“I have to leave now, the allies are getting restless. If we don’t meet soon I’m afraid they’ll get scared and change their mind, refuse to help us...”
@NoMoreFN Poe smiled a little at the memory as he rested his hands on Finn’s shoulders. “I guess I can’t always presume you’ll be there to bail me out of trouble.”
It was a joke, but Poe’s smile dropped when an alarm signalled from his watch.
He looked at it and took his hands off —