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[personal profile] evasives 2017-06-04 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
Suffice to say he kind of understands that. If the situations were reversed, he'd be irritated about sharing his room with a complete stranger. If he were truly here to simply complete his studies, he thinks he wouldn't even be spending time in the house except to sleep.

But he is here to spend time with Jyn.

He settles his own things on the floor by his bed, two bags and a smaller backpack, but decides he'll unpack later. "I do rather like being alive," he says idly, unaffected by her apparent carelessness to leave him to death. "Choice or otherwise, I can still be grateful. I do not intend to step on any more toes than I already am."
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-06-04 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
He resists the urge to look down at his own feet. Average sized, he thinks, for someone of his height and gait. He feels off standing while she's sitting, and since she's carrying on the conversation, Cassian deems it proper to sit on his own bed, under the guise of testing it out. He bounces on it twice.

"I seem to recall a little girl who was quite rude to me first." He thinks he was about eight or nine at the time, and he was still hurting from losing his father, no matter how much love Bail offered him. He was a very angry child for a lot of reasons who hadn't quite learned to mask his emotions, and a four year old biting him hadn't helped in the slightest. Of course he pulled her hair! "I hope you've at least grown out of the biting."

It is entirely an innocuous statement. Like 99.9%.
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-06-04 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
He lets himself look amused, the smallest hint of a grin on his face. It's not hard to fake. "Should I be worried after all these years?"

Well! If she's going to study him, he's going to do the same thing right back. He takes in her posture against her room and the intrusion of a guest and prepares himself for a stream of questions she's sure to have. Once she asks them, he'll have ideas on what to ask her in turn.

His gradwork though is fake fake fake but they did keep it relevant to things he already knows. "Cultural poetry as it relates to migration in the age of Empire. The Coruscant library will be a tremendous help."

He speaks a lot of languages and has recruited so many different species and people, especially those displaced from their homes.
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-06-04 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
It really shouldn't amuse him more, and yet. She's grumpy and judgmental, neither of which surprises him.

"Hearing what people have to say about their experiences in this current climate is quite important, even if some may not think so."

The some is mostly the Empire, though maybe a little at Jyn too. Imperial poetry is nothing but propaganda, but Cassian needs to listen to people's life stories. He needs to know the best ways to lure them into the Rebellion.

"Why do you study rocks?"

He absolutely says rocks instead of geology on purpose. Cassian is feeling defensive of his imaginary work.
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-06-04 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Lyra Erso. The dead mother. Cassian knows all about dead parents, and he's not about to start shit over that as much as he wants to. "Perhaps I am following what my father would have wanted too."

He feels prickly, and it's not an act. His head lifts up, and he fixes her with his own hard stare. He is, in a way, following in his parents footsteps, just not necessarily in the academic sense.

"You assume I have not been to any of these planets, and you assume I don't know how to do my own work." He says this coolly, any amusement gone from his face. "Not that I need to explain myself to you, but I do not dive in blind on context for the works I choose to study. There are themes I focus on, homeworld similarities, and the circumstances of displacement - all of which I would never dream of ignoring."
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-06-05 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Then don't you dismiss my work." She started it. It's almost exactly why he pulled her hair when she was four.

This is definitely not winning her over, but there is no way he can cave on this. She was an asshole! About his imaginary field of study!

"I would never assume you were ignorant to your field. Don't do it to me."
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-06-05 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Cassian knows he should let it go, especially when she does the equivalent of a door slam. Instead he just takes in a breath and counts to five to stop himself from spitting out some hot reply. At the very least he needs to be her friend, not create a foe.

He's never been more annoyed with Bail though.

"You asked me why with derision." He keeps his voice calm, though he's not sure it'll help. "Anyone would have gotten defensive."
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-06-05 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
He's not surprised she doesn't answer him, based on the minute impressions he's already getting. With a quiet sigh, he starts to unpack himself, putting away his clothes and locking away his blaster. And his knives. Just because he's here on a less deadly mission doesn't mean he won't be armed ok. In the awkward silence, he settles on the bed with his datapad and skims through newsfeeds and encrypted files.

When he hears Galen, Cassian listens in. It's not like the curtain is a sound blocker. He hears the name Orson and immediately follows it with Krennic and knows he does not want to ever be here when that man is. His living here is perfectly legitimate in the eyes of the Empire but - it still puts him on edge. He's going to have to factor that in to his time here and keep away whenever Krennic shows, just in case.

He steps out from his side of the curtain and shoots Galen a grateful look. Jyn clearly doesn't want to do this, but his need to leave the house is strong, so he voices his agreement. "I haven't eaten much of anything substantial since I left Alderaan, and I think it's finally catching up with me."

More like since he left Yavin, but whatever.
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-06-05 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Jyn hates Krennic. Another unsurprising thing, but good to file away. After Galen nods at him, Cassian ducks into his room quickly just to get his blaster and tuck it into the holster in his (leather) jacket (of moral ambiguity), which he also tugs on.

"K2," he calls out, because he's not about to leave his droid here either. K2 clangs out of the kitchen, muttering something about insufficient nourishment.

He follows Jyn towards the doorway, antsy despite how swiftly he's gotten himself ready to walk out. "I won't have trouble keeping pace."
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-06-06 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
She looks so Imperial right now that Cassian almost bristles. Fortunately time and experience are on his side and there's no sign of it. If there's any good impression he's gotten about Jyn, it's that she might have been raised under the Imperial thumb but she doesn't seem to care for them.

K2 answers her first, dropping his voice like he's trying to be quiet. "I do not stomp."

He looks at her sharply when she grabs his sleeve, but doesn't yank away. It'd be too much of a scene. "Listen to her, K2. Walk quietly."

The droid does his best, which is enough to get them to the lift unnoticed. Cassian is almost too still while they wait for the doors to open, but he moves like lightening when the lift arrives, pushing both K2 and Jyn in the elevator first.

He presses the door close button quickly and thinks he's really going to need to talk to Galen about knowing exactly when Krennic usually shows. If he's learned anything about the Empire, it's their obsessive scheduling tends to be mostly predictive.
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-06-06 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Every single thing she says in this elevator is a very good sign, but Cassian has only just got here and he's not about to burst at the seams with his secrets. Bail seems to trust Galen and by extension Jyn. Cassian has kept himself alive by being more cautious.

"Everything I have heard of this man leaves me wary about meeting him." Or staying in his company for extended periods of time. Still, he wants this from Jyn's perspective. She might not like him much right now, but it doesn't mean she won't be a useful ally in avoiding Krennic. "How often does he come by? Do you usually have time to prepare?"

K2's eyes make a whirring sound, but the droid keeps stationary as the lift moves downward.

"I'm not particularly interested in discussing my work with the man."

Just because she said it's not bugged or watched doesn't mean he's going to be anything less than the Model Student. At least until he feels confident enough in the security.
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-06-06 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Any warning is better than none, and Cassian knows he's quick on his feet. There's already a running list of reasons to keep out of Krennic's way should he be there when the man stops by. He likes to imagine a world where they don't exist in the same space, but the galaxy is not that kind.

Like he understands entirely more than what the surface conversation carries, his tone is dry: "I suppose he is checking up on just how his dear friend's daughter is doing."

She is so openly disgusted by Krennic. Cassian approves. "There's always feigning a nap as well."
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-06-07 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
He likes conspiring with her to avoid Krennic way more than arguing with her over a fake thesis. He can sleep in a shared room, but he's not about to counter that. "And research is conducted at all hours. A regular sleep pattern tends to be unattainable with grad work."

K2 is surprisingly silent, and Cassian hopes that maybe he's taken the warning to be seen and not heard far better than anticipated. It's a stupid hope, but it's great right now.

"He is not so fond of my adopted father." It's true enough, even if that's not the complete reason why he hates Krennic. Imperial reasons is why. But Jyn looks as sad as she does angry with the question, and he feels like he can use that to smooth things over.

It's not a very nice thought, but it is a spy thought. "Bail as good as raised me as his own. I'm not about to make friends with a man who hates Organa."

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