The hope was not always there. [he knows jyn's little speech at the meeting carried weight, not just for his own inner battles, but for a lot of rebels.]

The man in charge of its design built into it a way it could be destroyed. The information leaked to us from him. The defector I spoke of - his name was Bodhi Rook. He brought us that message from the creator. We would have known nothing without his gamble. [leaving out the fact that cassian had almost killed galen, that he had died anyway. the flaw would have been unnoticed without bodhi's bravery.]

[he doesn't fidget, but he shifts in a way that's probably his equivalent, both for being so open about the news and the way her gratitude strikes him. cassian's done a lot for the rebellion, but he's never really been thanked like rey is doing now.] That's all we could have hoped for. Once we realized - [realized they weren't getting off the planet -] Knowing the Rebellion made use of the plans... it is a comfort.