It's a miracle that Jyn and Cassian survive Scarif, a miracle that they survived together, protected by her crystal. To be the lone survivor of Scarif would have been too much, but at least they had each other. Slowly, almost painfully so, they find themselves returning to their duties: Jyn a reluctant and ever oppositional member of the rebellion. She's always refused to take things sitting down and now she has to deal with orders from General Draven and it doesn't go as well as they would have hoped.
So they assign Jyn to Alderaan, under Bail Organa. It goes about as well as can be expected, but he is used to willful young women and as long as she doesn't insult someone to their faces, it works out reasonably well. She's got a lot of anger and even more grief, but she also has her father's captivating charisma.
She's ferrying information back to Yavin when she hears about the destruction of Alderaan, mentally adding another name to the list in her mind.
It's not until after the Death Star has been destroyed by that Skywalker boy, leader of the Rogue Squadron, a fact that makes her chest ache for Bodhi, that Jyn even meets the princess. (Former princess? Does one retain a title when the planet has been destroyed?) Introduced as the heroes of Scarif, titles that Jyn and Cassian obviously despise, Jyn finds herself being thanked. She can't bring herself to express her condolences for Alderaan, but the haunted look in her eyes does enough and Cassian offers his sympathy for both of them.
When Yavin is compromised, the rebels move to Hoth -- a move that displeases the children born on ice planets, but it's not like Jyn and Cassian have a real say -- and Jyn's new duties include beating up rebel soldiers to prove they don't know anything about combat and how to better themselves to they won't get beat up by a girl the size of an Ewok. She approaches this job with gusto and finds herself circling the periphery of Leia Organa without even realizing. She is very much like her father.
Circling turns to the pathetic approximation of social niceties that Jyn weakly manages, which turns to talking properly, which turns to something like friendship. There aren't a lack of women on the base, but Jyn has always found herself something of a novelty and she hates it. Leia treats her like a person.
Friendship turns to... well, she doesn't know. It's a strange nebulous thing, like her strange nebulous thing with Cassian, except newer and stranger.
She's slouched on a bench seat in the empty communications tower, one of Cassian's blankets wrapped around her as she readies a supply ship for departure, when she hears the door open and sees Leia walk in. "You're back." A beat, her attention drawn back to the ship with a crackle over the radio. "Not you, you moron, you're leaving. Now get off my landing pad."
A+ work there. She is really the most serious about keeping to proper radio protocol. She shoves the radio away and turns in her seat to look at the princess. "When did you get back?"
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So they assign Jyn to Alderaan, under Bail Organa. It goes about as well as can be expected, but he is used to willful young women and as long as she doesn't insult someone to their faces, it works out reasonably well. She's got a lot of anger and even more grief, but she also has her father's captivating charisma.
She's ferrying information back to Yavin when she hears about the destruction of Alderaan, mentally adding another name to the list in her mind.
It's not until after the Death Star has been destroyed by that Skywalker boy, leader of the Rogue Squadron, a fact that makes her chest ache for Bodhi, that Jyn even meets the princess. (Former princess? Does one retain a title when the planet has been destroyed?) Introduced as the heroes of Scarif, titles that Jyn and Cassian obviously despise, Jyn finds herself being thanked. She can't bring herself to express her condolences for Alderaan, but the haunted look in her eyes does enough and Cassian offers his sympathy for both of them.
When Yavin is compromised, the rebels move to Hoth -- a move that displeases the children born on ice planets, but it's not like Jyn and Cassian have a real say -- and Jyn's new duties include beating up rebel soldiers to prove they don't know anything about combat and how to better themselves to they won't get beat up by a girl the size of an Ewok. She approaches this job with gusto and finds herself circling the periphery of Leia Organa without even realizing. She is very much like her father.
Circling turns to the pathetic approximation of social niceties that Jyn weakly manages, which turns to talking properly, which turns to something like friendship. There aren't a lack of women on the base, but Jyn has always found herself something of a novelty and she hates it. Leia treats her like a person.
Friendship turns to... well, she doesn't know. It's a strange nebulous thing, like her strange nebulous thing with Cassian, except newer and stranger.
She's slouched on a bench seat in the empty communications tower, one of Cassian's blankets wrapped around her as she readies a supply ship for departure, when she hears the door open and sees Leia walk in. "You're back." A beat, her attention drawn back to the ship with a crackle over the radio. "Not you, you moron, you're leaving. Now get off my landing pad."
A+ work there. She is really the most serious about keeping to proper radio protocol. She shoves the radio away and turns in her seat to look at the princess. "When did you get back?"