[She might be half the planet away, but Rey's reassurance doesn't fall on deaf ears. No matter how he feels about the situation, he doesn't have to deal with this alone. She's got his back, and whether it's ghosts from her past or his, they handle things together. That's what family does.

So his voice is just a hair lighter as he replies.]

You couldn't have known this would happen. Hell, he could've shown up here anytime, whether you were at sea or not. Just happens to be when there's a lot going on, what with the fragments and the storms... and the recent disappearances.

[Which is generally how the gods run things, but Nick still thinks this might just be an instance of terrible timing.]