He lets a breath out. He'd been irrationally hoping for some undiscovered telepathy to develop between the mutually dead, but like it or not, he has to be straight. Now or never, while there's a peace between them, and before he dismisses himself.

"I died for her, too, Admiral."

There. No more underhanded hunts.

...Except he just revealed he knows Norrington is dead. Great. How can he explain that one? Damn.