[when the meeting ends and everyone involved begins to disperse, the first thing jyn does, before she really even thinks about it, is look around behind her, open her mouth to say something —
before she, again, remembers.
she exhales a heavy breath into the empty air of an empty house, and closes her eyes for a moment. for an hour.
it's unexpected when claude reaches out — and there's a sense of some of that surprise — but it isn't unwelcome. she'd meant to say something to him beforehand to... thank (?) him for believing in her enough to put her up for this in the first place, but she hasn't been able to find the words for that. still isn't able to, so she starts with:]
I think it went a lot better than it could've.
[it's quiet and thoughtful over communion, and some parts relieved — at what she's saying, but also, maybe, that she's not having to sit with it alone right now.]
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before she, again, remembers.
she exhales a heavy breath into the empty air of an empty house, and closes her eyes for a moment. for an hour.
it's unexpected when claude reaches out — and there's a sense of some of that surprise — but it isn't unwelcome. she'd meant to say something to him beforehand to... thank (?) him for believing in her enough to put her up for this in the first place, but she hasn't been able to find the words for that. still isn't able to, so she starts with:]
I think it went a lot better than it could've.
[it's quiet and thoughtful over communion, and some parts relieved — at what she's saying, but also, maybe, that she's not having to sit with it alone right now.]
We have a start.