He's sort of glad at the manhandling. Not that he isn't scared. He's pretty sure she could break him in half, and he couldn't possibly fight back if she decides to try. But at least that's just pain. Pain is a problem, but it's simple and easily faced. He keeps his hands firmly out of the way, leaning back a little out of sheer animal instinct but otherwise forcing himself to stay calm.
Be easier if she'd just hauled off and punched him, though. He'd been so sure this would get her to come along with him, or he'd never have tried, and now he's made it worse. He can't see why, not when he knows so little about Jyn before, not when he only met her after she saw the message. Clearly things are tense and the relationship isn't what it should be, but it mystifies him that Galen's name doesn't at least soften her. Her indignation at Bodhi for not being worth it, for having what he doesn't deserve, that would be fair, but turning that spite on Galen--
Ridiculously, he wants to defend her father for a moment, has to remind himself that the only goal here is to get her to follow him somewhere safe. And she's not in her right mind anyway. "I'm--I'm a way out, right now, that's all that matters. Th-think whatever you want about the messenger, but you should... get someplace safe." Handing her over to the captain has become not just the best plan but a necessary one. Bodhi needs to collect a few thoughts to stuff back in the neglected trash bin of memory. Jyn first, then his own stupid problems.
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Be easier if she'd just hauled off and punched him, though. He'd been so sure this would get her to come along with him, or he'd never have tried, and now he's made it worse. He can't see why, not when he knows so little about Jyn before, not when he only met her after she saw the message. Clearly things are tense and the relationship isn't what it should be, but it mystifies him that Galen's name doesn't at least soften her. Her indignation at Bodhi for not being worth it, for having what he doesn't deserve, that would be fair, but turning that spite on Galen--
Ridiculously, he wants to defend her father for a moment, has to remind himself that the only goal here is to get her to follow him somewhere safe. And she's not in her right mind anyway. "I'm--I'm a way out, right now, that's all that matters. Th-think whatever you want about the messenger, but you should... get someplace safe." Handing her over to the captain has become not just the best plan but a necessary one. Bodhi needs to collect a few thoughts to stuff back in the neglected trash bin of memory. Jyn first, then his own stupid problems.