A darkness fell over Poe's face again and his fingers curled tight at his side. He hadn't really been prepared for this, and gods but it hurt to hear here reject them out of hand.

He bit his tongue before he said something he would really regret, and then patted the side of his leg, Beebee immediately trotting over to join him.

"You're the farthest thing from 'no one' that there is," was all he replied, stubbornly, before looking at Finn.

"There's no point trying to convince her on the stairs. We'll take her down to the garden." And he turned, giving Beebee's head - heads? - head a gently scrub as he continued into the dark.