[Which leaves Finn standing there in his wake like collateral damage: shell-shocked, mouth open, eyes fixed. He'd thought he had his bases covered (he swears he had his bases covered??) and now that's...clearly off the table.

Finn follows after him, head cocked forward like a shistavanen at full attention.] 'Pass myself off'?

No, no no no. I never said anything about--

[Well...] Okay, one time I might've said something about it but come on. I'm not passing for anything that I'm not.