"You're kidding, right? I've met you. Half the base is in love with you," He said with a laugh, and then patted Finn's shoulder warmly. Like a friend that wasn't way way too over-invested.

"Ah - no. Well, actually, I don't know. You might know him. But he and I only just... uh... just met."

He couldn't really admit that they'd never really met. Not to Finn. He didn't really want Finn knowing about how far he'd gone just to try to get over him. It was fine.