I get it. He's from back home. That makes a big difference. There's a kind of solidarity to it, of living through the same sort of crap and having the same familiarity with somewhere. [Jeff would be tempted to attach himself to virtually anyone from back home if the arrived here, even if they were a constant annoyance.]

He's an okay guy anyway. I mean, I assume, from what I've seen. If he is likely to murder me in my sleep then you don't need to worry too much about warning me, I'll just come back and make the little asshole's life pure misery. [What he's really trying to say is that he's okay with it all, that he doesn't mind the defensive stance and the friendship status with Fred. Winger would do exactly the same.]