He and Han are in a decent place. Better than they've been since Ben was ten or so, which is sad, but progress is progress.

And for a supernaturally perceptive person, Ben misses a lot.

He listens, processes, and tries to come up with something to say that isn't I'm jealous of her too and smashed in a wall because she made me mad. "She is..." no, he's going to try to put this delicately, hold on, "...irritatingly talented. She can do things with the force that no untrained scavenger should be capable of, but she won't replace you." Although the force thing applies to Ben, not Han. Rey won't replace Kitty for Ben.

This last part, though. She's throwing all kinds of words his way, and if he didn't have a blaster in one hand, he'd be tempted to brush her hair back for her. "You knew it was a mistake from the beginning." Before the beginning.