"I'm not lying." He puts a hand out, across Finn's chest as if to say 'hold up a second' before he launched out of his seat in defence of Poe's romantic choices. While he definitely appreciates it, he'd also like if two of his best friends didn't start a fist fight over whether or not Poe should be dating his boyfriend.

That did not sound like a fun evening.

"Look, Jess, I know what you're thinking, okay? But he hates Hux as much as I do - if not more so - and he's a good man. He's not a volunteer. He's a clone, and he just had a control chip removed from his head, so don't do what I did when I first met him and decide he was a bucket head and worth nothing more than a cheap laugh at his expense. Alright? I don't expect you to understand right now, but it's - he's a good man. I promise. And I think if you give him a chance you'll even like him."