Because she was so instantly recognizably, viscerally like himself.
He closes his eyes, his face against hers, mind whirling now to try and work out a safeguard… so he could promise her he never would again and actually be confident he could keep it…
…huh.
For all that it was forged in war, in an overspecialized environment, damned if the strategic mind couldn't translate after all.
His eyes opened.
He sat back.
He looked at her a moment in dizzying thought.
Then abruptly straightened. Not full formally, but… with a bit of his old air of command.
In apparent nonsequiteur, Cassian said, "Before we landed on Scarif, Lieutenant Sefla told me he'd promoted you to sergeant. Is that right?"
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The worst he'd ever faced.
Because she was so instantly recognizably, viscerally like himself.
He closes his eyes, his face against hers, mind whirling now to try and work out a safeguard… so he could promise her he never would again and actually be confident he could keep it…
…huh.
For all that it was forged in war, in an overspecialized environment, damned if the strategic mind couldn't translate after all.
His eyes opened.
He sat back.
He looked at her a moment in dizzying thought.
Then abruptly straightened. Not full formally, but… with a bit of his old air of command.
In apparent nonsequiteur, Cassian said, "Before we landed on Scarif, Lieutenant Sefla told me he'd promoted you to sergeant. Is that right?"