[There are a number of things in Eliot Spencer's life that he can trace back to Jyn Erso, and almost all of them have ended with him being very unhappy. Today just seems to be a culmination of all of those things.
Firstly, he was happy and content on his ship, with his crew, doing things that had nothing to do with the Empire, when he gets a call from Mon Mothma saying that they did a stupid thing and sent Jyn Erso back to Jedah in the hands of a spy. Please be helpful and go have said spy's back in this trying time.
(Point of clarification: Mon Mothma did not actually say she did a stupid thing, this is just Eliot's interpretation, because who in their right mind, after having met Jyn for more than five minutes, thinks that anyone, let alone a spy, can actually keep her in line?
Eliot grew up with the girl. He knows better. The Rebellion leaders clearly do not.)
Secondly, he calls Saw because if Jyn is going to Jedah then that's likely who she's going to see. Eliot's not married to any particular side in this war so long as it's not the Empire, but he knows, he knows how explosive it can be to put two loaded powder kegs in the same room, and that's the kind of explosion that's coming for Jedah if the two of them aren't careful.
(Saw doesn't seem to be surprised. Says some cryptic bullshit about having a message for her. Eliot doesn't care, because he's done his due diligence, interfered in all the minimum ways he needs to interfere, and is washing his hands of it.
Only he doesn't, borrowing a smaller ship and making the trip to Jedah on his own - whatever this is, he's not getting his team involved, but apparently he can't quite get his hands as clean as they may like.)
Thirdly, Jyn punched him in the face.]
Damnit, Jyn.
[He stumbles backward, having followed the team back to the rebel base, where no one seems to stop him when he enters, aside from the one person who isn't a rebel, and he shouldn't be surprised that this is how she's greeting him after all this time.
Doesn't mean it doesn't hurt - physically, at least.]
[ give her twenty minutes and she'll figure out a reason for punching eliot that doesn't sound childish, but it does come from a childish place. he left her with saw, going off to do his own thing, living his adult life, a teenage girl was probably not on his agenda. a year later saw had left her too and five years later jyn is an adult in her own right and still angry at being left behind.
(even though had eliot actually taken jyn with him, saw absolutely would have killed eliot. saw only trusted himself to look after jyn.) ]
Your face irritates me.
[ shouldn't have helped her practice sparring all those years ago. ]
[While younger Eliot might have taken her, gone off to do things that needed doing for the Rebellion, older Eliot knows better. He knows that the places that he went and the things that he did and the blood that sits on his hands is not what he would have wanted for anyone else.
Maybe it should have been Jyn's choice, but Eliot Spencer would rather spare her and have her angry, than have her see him at his worst. And he didn't think Saw would ever leave her behind.
He is, however, currently regretting teaching her to punch so well.]
Can't change that.
[Whether he's referring to his face or the past, both are likely accurate.]
There's the technology, [ she points out pettily. while fully aware she is being a stroppy, childish cow, jyn continues to be a stroppy, childish cow. he could change his stupid, irritating face but he would still be eliot and so jyn would still be mad. ]
Why are you here?
[ he'd left her! he had no right to come back for her. what was the point when he had abandoned her in the first place? ]
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i know star wars has other curse words but this is eliot.
Firstly, he was happy and content on his ship, with his crew, doing things that had nothing to do with the Empire, when he gets a call from Mon Mothma saying that they did a stupid thing and sent Jyn Erso back to Jedah in the hands of a spy. Please be helpful and go have said spy's back in this trying time.
(Point of clarification: Mon Mothma did not actually say she did a stupid thing, this is just Eliot's interpretation, because who in their right mind, after having met Jyn for more than five minutes, thinks that anyone, let alone a spy, can actually keep her in line?
Eliot grew up with the girl. He knows better. The Rebellion leaders clearly do not.)
Secondly, he calls Saw because if Jyn is going to Jedah then that's likely who she's going to see. Eliot's not married to any particular side in this war so long as it's not the Empire, but he knows, he knows how explosive it can be to put two loaded powder kegs in the same room, and that's the kind of explosion that's coming for Jedah if the two of them aren't careful.
(Saw doesn't seem to be surprised. Says some cryptic bullshit about having a message for her. Eliot doesn't care, because he's done his due diligence, interfered in all the minimum ways he needs to interfere, and is washing his hands of it.
Only he doesn't, borrowing a smaller ship and making the trip to Jedah on his own - whatever this is, he's not getting his team involved, but apparently he can't quite get his hands as clean as they may like.)
Thirdly, Jyn punched him in the face.]
Damnit, Jyn.
[He stumbles backward, having followed the team back to the rebel base, where no one seems to stop him when he enters, aside from the one person who isn't a rebel, and he shouldn't be surprised that this is how she's greeting him after all this time.
Doesn't mean it doesn't hurt - physically, at least.]
What the hell was that for?
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(even though had eliot actually taken jyn with him, saw absolutely would have killed eliot. saw only trusted himself to look after jyn.) ]
Your face irritates me.
[ shouldn't have helped her practice sparring all those years ago. ]
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Maybe it should have been Jyn's choice, but Eliot Spencer would rather spare her and have her angry, than have her see him at his worst. And he didn't think Saw would ever leave her behind.
He is, however, currently regretting teaching her to punch so well.]
Can't change that.
[Whether he's referring to his face or the past, both are likely accurate.]
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Why are you here?
[ he'd left her! he had no right to come back for her. what was the point when he had abandoned her in the first place? ]
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[Translation: Mon Mothma didn't think Andor could handle her and asked Eliot to back him up. That being said, he leans back against the wall.]
And Saw was being his usual cryptic self on the phone so I figured I would check in in person, just in case.