Exhaling a laugh, Cassian twined his hand loosely with hers so he could pull her through the water in slow, gentle figure-eights.
He rifled through the mental file of her previous Facts he'd wanted to follow up on.
Jyn Erso isn't her legal name here. …But he could guess what it was, now, couldn't he… She'd lived in and burned down a house. …Could he guess that one, too? It felt somehow manipulative to ask. It didn't seem fair to bring up things he'd picked up while she was dreaming… He still often felt like she was holding back, but he'd decided, and promised, not to push.
It was just hard not to think that—
"Status report," he said at last. "I feel like if I could only ask the right question, I'd solve something. But I know it doesn't work like that."
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Date: 2025-06-08 03:24 am (UTC)He rifled through the mental file of her previous Facts he'd wanted to follow up on.
Jyn Erso isn't her legal name here. …But he could guess what it was, now, couldn't he…
She'd lived in and burned down a house. …Could he guess that one, too? It felt somehow manipulative to ask.
It didn't seem fair to bring up things he'd picked up while she was dreaming…
He still often felt like she was holding back, but he'd decided, and promised, not to push.
It was just hard not to think that—
"Status report," he said at last. "I feel like if I could only ask the right question, I'd solve something. But I know it doesn't work like that."