Cassian and Jyn continue to break his heart in increments. Their lives, their stories, the people they've lost. The people who judge them, even from the confines of their own imaginations.
"My mother would like you. Both my parents would." He smiles a little, for the first time saying what he's been thinking about almost since they met. "I want you to meet my father when this is all over."
He comes from a place where when it's all over seems like a time that can be reached. Whatever this place is, whatever they'll face going home. He'll never stop flying, maybe never stop fighting, but he believes in a future where he'll protect shipping lanes and drive off pirates, not face down armies backed by monsters in the dark. A future where he can be bored in the cockpit, and be grateful for the boredom.
He wants it now more than ever. He wants Jyn and Cassian to have lives without the shadow of war. He wants them to see worlds and moons like Yavin 4, where people don't survive; they live. They build. They work in concert for the sake of the future, not in defense of the present. "I think even he and Jyn would get along."
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"My mother would like you. Both my parents would." He smiles a little, for the first time saying what he's been thinking about almost since they met. "I want you to meet my father when this is all over."
He comes from a place where when it's all over seems like a time that can be reached. Whatever this place is, whatever they'll face going home. He'll never stop flying, maybe never stop fighting, but he believes in a future where he'll protect shipping lanes and drive off pirates, not face down armies backed by monsters in the dark. A future where he can be bored in the cockpit, and be grateful for the boredom.
He wants it now more than ever. He wants Jyn and Cassian to have lives without the shadow of war. He wants them to see worlds and moons like Yavin 4, where people don't survive; they live. They build. They work in concert for the sake of the future, not in defense of the present. "I think even he and Jyn would get along."