[The Pirate King nods and for a moment he looks like he's not really sure what to do with... any of this, really.]

I have always placed a lot of emphasis on supporting my crew even in their darkest hours... but those times were nothing like this.

[It's not exactly an admission that he's got no idea what he's doing and he's just sort of falling back on what he's used to and praying it works half as well as it usually does, but maybe the thought is clear enough.]