There's the admiral rambling about how he had to do what he did, pacing around, and generally a nervous wreck. Did you thwack him with a sleep dart or choke him out(Or even kill him) instead of confronting him face to face your first time? I know I did. Much too easy to get in that mindset in this game and miss a few things(I thought granny was gonna be hostile too, so quickly choked her out too in the granny/slackjaw confrontation).
The game rewards you a bit much for choking out as many people as you reasonably can that it seems a bit easy to miss these neat events.
How was your first experience with these "meant to be talked to" folks?