[Leia takes a long pull of her drink and she thinks about other not obvious heroes in her life. She thinks of Han and she thinks of Lando and above all she thinks of her brother when he was nothing but a kid from a farm who turned out to be a hero.

The hero that the rebellion probably didn't want but that it definitely needed. She herself had felt that after her father died and she had attempted to take his place. And then even more when she did.

The mention of a veterans group made her snort.]

I'm not one to talk about my feelings, Jyn. And how do you explain a vice-principal to a general without talking about the past.

[they were breaking rules all over and Leia didn't really care. But doing it officially might be a problem.]