Poe hadn't even fully realised what he'd said. His relief was just so strong that his analysis abilities had evaporated - everything he was thinking was just immediately spilling out his mouth.

"Oh, you know, not long. Only from about five minutes after I met you. Though I guess that was more just crush stage and the rest only hit when you showed up with BB-8."

BB-8, who, of course, was right there, and watching this all go down while keeping himself as quiet as possible. He'd listened to enough of Poe's upset rants about the subject to know not to interfere, right now, but he was... also recording. Like a creeper.