Kai is not sure he counts in who Bashat would have considered 'most dear;' the betrayal to him speaks against that. The picture Ramad paints, of someone who cared deeply but did it anyway, does somehow seem worse.

And damn Ramad, but something in the phrasing of 'attempt to forget all about you' hits Kai where he still hurts, whether or not that was intentional. That is not language you use for someone you don't care about at all, and again, this isn't really new information but it keeps that stupid, stupid flicker of hope in him from dying and he hates it. He takes in a breath, reminding himself that he might be doing what Ramad is so good at, reading into it a certain way, but damn him if he can't think of how else it might be honestly meant.

"If you are looking for help... I don't know I'm the best person for that." It's honest, even though there are different things it could mean. If Ramad were to defect, now, after the mission he just had, Kai and his ilk would be the first place to look. It would make the nature of his change of heart obvious and all the easiest to strike at all of them. It could also mean that Kai simply doesn't have the heart to. That he can't help someone who hurt him the way Ramad had. Even Kai isn't entirely sure which option he means.