[He lets out a short, forced laugh at that, rolling his good shoulder when she pulls away and shaking his head. Whether he believes it or not, he's not letting her keep doubting, too. Not if he can dissuade her.]
I don't think death is meant to be so painful after the fact. [He carefully shifts his jacket to reveal the sling, though the worst of his injuries are impossible to see, hidden under his shirt.
He studies her a moment before clearing his throat.] We're alive. I don't know why, - [He theoretically knew how.] -but we are.
Jyn. They got the plans. [There's no longer a lack of surety to his voice, not even a forced assurance. He believed Poe, and he needed her to know with surety that she had not failed. She had finished what her father had started.]
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I don't think death is meant to be so painful after the fact. [He carefully shifts his jacket to reveal the sling, though the worst of his injuries are impossible to see, hidden under his shirt.
He studies her a moment before clearing his throat.] We're alive. I don't know why, - [He theoretically knew how.] -but we are.
Jyn. They got the plans. [There's no longer a lack of surety to his voice, not even a forced assurance. He believed Poe, and he needed her to know with surety that she had not failed. She had finished what her father had started.]