"BB unit stromech droid," Poe says, immediately enthusiastic. "Selenium drive, thermal hyperscan vindicator, internal self-correcting gyroscopic propulsion system and swappable tool bay discs. One of a kind. And yeah, he's smart as they come."

Poe is pretty. Pretty nerdy.

BB-8 makes a noise a little like an autotuned bird, and it's easy to tell that he's preening.

The pilot is just glad he can speak with more authority on the internal workings of BB-8 than he apparently can about the starfighters he flies for a living.

It doesn't occur to him that talking about BB-8 might count as talking about life before.