He can't imagine not having Rey, but he can just as easily imagine Jyn in those moments, probably scared though she'd never admit it, worried and uncertain and everything else swarming her, and he wishes he could have helped her. The wish does nothing now. He knows the Alliance would have tried to sway her otherwise, but they're in Imperial territory, and had she decided no, it's true, he never would have known. It's odd.

"Then I still have all the more reason to thank you now but," he trails off for a second, frowning in thought. He wonders if he would have wanted it, if she did ask him first. "It was your call either way, and I cannot blame you for considering. Can I ask, what made you decide otherwise?"