"I know you will be," Poe says. He's not sure at all, he's terrified about it, actually. But he puts all the conviction he's got into those words, because he needs it to be true. He's gotten through a lot of situations with sheer grit and determination; it's the only universal answer he's got.

He takes Finn's hand for a moment, just clasping it between his own because that feels like the right thing to do. "That's what friends do."