[ they can figure out how old she is later, it feels unimportant now. ]

[ he can feel her sadness so strongly that it starts making him sad, sympathy bubbling up too, but never pity. he had seen saw, he saw the injuries, heard his breathing, knew the rumors - but saw had been fighting since the clone wars, and cassian wasn't surprised to find him in such a state. ]

[ his grip on her hand is tight enough to tell her he is here and he is listening, but not tight enough to be a distraction. hopefully. ]

To me, that is still the war's doing. His decision to save you is not your fault, Jyn. The galaxy has been fighting him down since before you were born, it has created ways of life where these things happen. But what happened to Saw was not you.

[ a beat. ] I have always found it ironic that the Alliance calls the actions of a cadre like Saw's terrorism when the Empire does the same thing.

[ when some of his own work would be right up the partisan's alley. ]