It's not so much Rey that catches his attention as what she's working on. It's not often he sees pieces of advanced technology here, so of course he spots it from quite a ways off. He almost reflexively reached to touch is communicator, but he kept it in Sam's room, tucked away in a drawer. It was just a useless piece of metal, true, but it was important and he didn't want to accidentally lose it.

"I wouldn't get your hopes up. Tech doesn't play so nicely here," he said to her gently, sitting down across from her with a cold sandwich.