Jyn was speaking as if this was all so casual, but gigantic things peeked out from behind the short words. Things that made the hairs stand up on Cassian's neck.
"Hang on." This time, he stopped walking. He turned to her fully. Like her, he strove to seem calm, but Jyn would be able to feel the pulse quicken in his wrist. "'When she disappeared…'? And where was Rey while Leia's future husband had the ship?" It would be nice to think, in the interim, she'd just gotten an apartment in the city… but as someone, himself, who'd made a secret hideout in the ship that had kidnapped saved him, long after it was spaceworthy… you don't just give that away.
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Date: 2025-05-11 01:02 am (UTC)"Hang on." This time, he stopped walking. He turned to her fully. Like her, he strove to seem calm, but Jyn would be able to feel the pulse quicken in his wrist. "'When she disappeared…'? And where was Rey while Leia's future husband had the ship?" It would be nice to think, in the interim, she'd just gotten an apartment in the city… but as someone, himself, who'd made a secret hideout in the ship that had
kidnappedsaved him, long after it was spaceworthy… you don't just give that away.