[ Cisco shrugs, not quite believing her, but perhaps it is a cultural thing. Maybe he thought drinking alone was sad because he'd been raised to think of it that way. For her, there might not be those same associations. She was much more capable of enduring being alone than he was, anyway. So he merely says: ]

It always was, for me.

[ He doesn't want to bicker, to question her words, but he has to say something, can't let it slide when she says she won't overdo it. ]

Hey, come on. Listen to me right now. When it comes to me, there's no overdoing it. The Cisco Ramon friendship bar for overdoing it is in the stratosphere. Ain't no way you're gonna come close.

[ Cisco listens as she explains what had happened, making a mental note to keep an eye out for this Hux motherfucker. Enemies, enemies, everywhere. Where were they all coming from? He's going to have to talk with the people who work on researching the portal. ]

Is it possible he was lying? Trying to trick you, about what he knows, and what he's done?

[ After all... Ren had let Rey down before. It seemed the simplest solution, to believe that he's done so again. Her uncertainty about how Ren would react is a little worrying, but Cisco remembers some of the context. That Snoke had been the bad influence she was hoping Ren would do better without. He hadn't, because he was a loser, but he can see how there might be some tension between the various Dark forces here. ]

Have you heard of ways to block Force connections, before? When you were studying with Luke or... anything like that?