"I know. And we have already established I can still be grateful to you despite my intrusion on your life."

He needs to figure out the best way to get over that hurdle. She's not going to stop being annoyed that he's there unless she grows to like him being there. Knowing what he does of Jyn, that's going to be a challenge. It'd probably have been more useful if they were studying similar fields, but Cassian is not much of a natural scientist.

He starts to pile samples of everything on his own plate, faintly smiling at the starblossom. It's not a fake one.

"Would you let me pay for this today, as a small token towards my thanks?"