[Arrogance, ambition and effectively driven? That was likely going to be a hot button to keep a finger off of, but he was now reassessing that, in part, Hux might actually be more dangerous than Ren. It was the quiet knife that one had to watch for, not the one brandished plainly.]

Even if those bumps in the road happen to be your superiors, I take it? [A rise in power in an order that sounded extremely bound by order and power made him think that such a movement required extremes.]

As long as such matters don't involve needing to consider you a threat from below. I'm too old to have to watch for when the knives come out, General.