Core planet. 'Planet of Beauty'. Starblossoms and snow owls.
Bail and Leia Organa.
Cassian had gone there once undercover to deliver a message to Bail and encountered Leia in the gardens. She was playing with her aunt's pet pittins: Fluffy, Winky, Taffy, and AT-AV (All-Terrain Attack Vehicle). Guess which one Leia had been allowed to name.
The pittins were gone, too.
The one thing Cassian didn't feel was disbelief that the Empire would do it. Of course they would for a powerless world like Jedha; but a beloved place like Alderaan… Yes, he knew they would. He'd known that even before Ghorman.
The only thing that kept him from tearing this ship apart with his bare hands, the way he'd tried the Republic ship when he was nine, was that it was Jyn's. But he didn't really want to. He didn't want to scream or pick a fight with something that would hurt him. His shoulders slumped and he went limp in his chair, a fresh tear rolling down his cheek. He was numb… he was nothing.
(It didn't occur to him to link this to her, nor even Galen. For him, their mission had swept that account clean. His reaction was solely for the Empire. Hopefully, he would have the wherewithal to tell her.)
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Core planet. 'Planet of Beauty'. Starblossoms and snow owls.
Bail and Leia Organa.
Cassian had gone there once undercover to deliver a message to Bail and encountered Leia in the gardens. She was playing with her aunt's pet pittins: Fluffy, Winky, Taffy, and AT-AV (All-Terrain Attack Vehicle). Guess which one Leia had been allowed to name.
The pittins were gone, too.
The one thing Cassian didn't feel was disbelief that the Empire would do it. Of course they would for a powerless world like Jedha; but a beloved place like Alderaan… Yes, he knew they would. He'd known that even before Ghorman.
The only thing that kept him from tearing this ship apart with his bare hands, the way he'd tried the Republic ship when he was nine, was that it was Jyn's. But he didn't really want to. He didn't want to scream or pick a fight with something that would hurt him. His shoulders slumped and he went limp in his chair, a fresh tear rolling down his cheek. He was numb… he was nothing.
(It didn't occur to him to link this to her, nor even Galen. For him, their mission had swept that account clean. His reaction was solely for the Empire. Hopefully, he would have the wherewithal to tell her.)
"Any survivors?" he said at last.