Cats seemed to have enough in common with tookas behaviorally that Cassian didn't immediately blow it. He let Beany come to him and sniff his fingers, then leave of its own accord. That, as far as he could tell, was a positive beginning.
For a moment longer, Cassian stayed kneeling, elbow draped over knee, looking up at Jyn: stirring in a pot, having pets… looking very natural in a life he knew for a fact she'd never been able to have before.
He was struck with sudden disgust at himself that he'd read her file, even though it had been his job to do so; and deep, thundering regret at how much of her life he knew because of it. He wished he could have waited and only learned what she chose to share. Well, files could only tell someone so much. Indeed, he'd read the file because, pre-Wobani, he'd been tasked with building her profile. And though he was incredibly good at that job, in that moment he first saw her, he'd been struck by, somehow, how wrong he'd been.
"She's still outside," he realized, standing up. "Should I let her in?"
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For a moment longer, Cassian stayed kneeling, elbow draped over knee, looking up at Jyn: stirring in a pot, having pets… looking very natural in a life he knew for a fact she'd never been able to have before.
He was struck with sudden disgust at himself that he'd read her file, even though it had been his job to do so; and deep, thundering regret at how much of her life he knew because of it. He wished he could have waited and only learned what she chose to share. Well, files could only tell someone so much. Indeed, he'd read the file because, pre-Wobani, he'd been tasked with building her profile. And though he was incredibly good at that job, in that moment he first saw her, he'd been struck by, somehow, how wrong he'd been.
"She's still outside," he realized, standing up. "Should I let her in?"