He sat perfectly still and stared at nothing as he listened intensely—barely breathing, rarely blinking—to every one of Jyn's words… and her pauses… her silences… breaths… everything…

He scarcely noticed he'd never let go of her, that his hand had moved from her forearm to her hand, that he held it the whole time

The story ended… and he was still here. Heart still beating, lungs still breathing, blood still circulating, still sitting in this room on this planet and the universe was spinning along and everything was continuing and the war was over…

Cassian opened his mouth and closed it again… no luck… and finally felt Jyn's hand in his… and didn't have it in him to remove his own, but at least it let him find his voice.

"Do we have to leave now?"