Looking into her face, her stardust eyes, he nodded slowly. She made sense. Of course she did. He trusted her judgment, sometimes more than his own. Cassian pet Sprinkles more calmingly in order to think. He wanted to answer as openly as he was asking of her.

"I think you're worried about what's fair on me," he said. "I worry what's getting lost is what's fair for you.

"What if we both thought of… him, as being someone else? If you needed to talk about them, I'd hate if you couldn't do that with me.

"If I'm wrong, and you really don't want to, then I'll stop second-guessing. I just really want you to be able to."

He kept talking so much. The phrase early negotiations sprang to mind. He wasn't sure that was a bad thing. He just hoped Jyn didn't get sick of it.