Sometimes it's all you can do. Cassian ripped the final pieces into strips and looked up at her, somberly nodding. A crinkle of a laugh for 'Beany'—mentally confirming the embedded fact: when we left Coruscant.
He threw the strips into a pile and doused them with oil. Unceremoniously, only with enough care not to smother the fire, Cassian threw the strips one at a time into the flames. They flared and changed color as the strips caught, crackling and curling. Flames in his eyes, Cassian wanted to reach for Jyn's hand… but what had become the only fact in his mind stayed his own.
"…I didn't live on Yavin alone," he said at last. Fair was fair. "I was sort of married. We were on-and-off-again for years. At last, she left me. That was for the best."
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Date: 2025-05-12 11:17 am (UTC)He threw the strips into a pile and doused them with oil. Unceremoniously, only with enough care not to smother the fire, Cassian threw the strips one at a time into the flames. They flared and changed color as the strips caught, crackling and curling. Flames in his eyes, Cassian wanted to reach for Jyn's hand… but what had become the only fact in his mind stayed his own.
"…I didn't live on Yavin alone," he said at last. Fair was fair. "I was sort of married. We were on-and-off-again for years. At last, she left me. That was for the best."