There was a reason he'd had the reputation of being the best star-pilot in the galaxy.

As they head off the ship he still makes a point of going first just in case there are hostiles nearby. It's a natural enough impulse that he doesn't actually say that's what he's doing, he just does it and assumes she'll fall in line.

"You're the boss," he still says agreeably enough. Besides, she's the one who knows this Maz. Or she reminds him enough of Padme that he can't help but remember that time he'd told her he'd given up arguing with her. So there was that, too.