[It's absolutely a good enough reason for Gene. Hell, if something had happened to Sid, and the Admiral had offered, he'd be here. He's lucky nothing happened to Sid. Nothing really physically bad, anyway.

And apparently, something bad is going to happen to his other closest friend, and so even if he wasn't here for Ack Ack, he might have wound up here anyway.

He doesn't say sorry - it's something that's kind of been phased out of his language for the time being, because sorry doesn't change the shit you're going through and sometimes sympathy's more grating than a comfort - so he offers something else instead, like he's trying to put them on equal footing.]

I'm here for the Skipper. Captain Haldane. [Who he's assuming at least was mentioned in Snaf's file, if not talked about at length.]

But if I'd've known what happened and he wasn't here, I probably would've made a deal for him.

[Basically, he gets it. Or thinks he does, anyway.]