He'd distracted her from the point of what she wanted to say, because she wasn't entirely finished before she went on that small tangent, but he also brings it back around to her point so that's nice. Emotions are difficult for her, if she had to turn it back to the point herself she probably would have chickened out.

"I'm glad, that it's you." She had thought that when it came down to choosing mission or child he would choose the mission always, but then she's watched him hold Rey for the first time, and she knew that Rey would always be safe with him. He's a spy and an assassin and all the terrible things the Alliance had made him, but all of that will protect their daughter.

And it's not just Rey. They may have a difficult relationship, but she knows this all could be so much more difficult, more of a hardship, torturous, with someone else. Cassian has always tried to make it easier for the both of them and she's grateful for that.

"You know what it's like to lose, so I know I can trust you to hold on to her."