Bodhi lowers his eyes, silent for a long moment. When he finds his voice, it's rough and unsteady. "Things happened, after I left you on Eadu. Things I... I wish I could forget. Things that... I never really recovered from. Never had time. Everything happened so fast once Jyn reached Sa-" he cuts himself off, unable to say Saw Gerrera's name, "the Partisans' hideout."
"Eadu, while you were dying, I was stealing a ship, ready for when Cassian and Jyn bought you back. She was so angry, and yet so controlled. She didn't fall apart. She tamped it down and turned it into fuel."
"And I couldn't mourn. Because she didn't know. And I couldn't tell her."
"When the rebel leaders won't listen, wouldn't act on what she knew. What you told her. We stole the ship again. And went to Scarif ourselves."
"They came, later. Once we were fighting. Jyn had the plans but the shield was closed. I got a signal. To the rebel fleet. To be ready. To break the shield so Jyn could upload the plans to them using the tower. I'd done my part. I was going get us out."
"But there were troopers. They had grenades. I heard it land. Heard it bounce. And then I was here. But I was alone."
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Date: 2017-05-29 01:43 pm (UTC)"Eadu, while you were dying, I was stealing a ship, ready for when Cassian and Jyn bought you back. She was so angry, and yet so controlled. She didn't fall apart. She tamped it down and turned it into fuel."
"And I couldn't mourn. Because she didn't know. And I couldn't tell her."
"When the rebel leaders won't listen, wouldn't act on what she knew. What you told her. We stole the ship again. And went to Scarif ourselves."
"They came, later. Once we were fighting. Jyn had the plans but the shield was closed. I got a signal. To the rebel fleet. To be ready. To break the shield so Jyn could upload the plans to them using the tower. I'd done my part. I was going get us out."
"But there were troopers. They had grenades. I heard it land. Heard it bounce. And then I was here. But I was alone."