Cassian makes an indeterminate noise. "There are people the General pushes forward," he says, "and people she holds back." Strongarming can mean a lot of things.

Strange, because Cassian doesn't think of himself as particularly radical, particularly violent, but she does usually seem to be holding him back rather than the other way around. Maybe -- and isn't this a depressing thought -- it's because Cassian doesn't have any faith in his own ability to hold himself back, when it comes to the darkness always seeping in. Maybe he lets her hold him back because otherwise he's afraid that no one would.

Pathetic.

"Too bad," allows Cassian. "He has a better shape for it than any other astromech I've seen." Sphere easier to hug than a cylinder, right? Right. Sure.

Or did that remark reveal that he's had his eye on Poe a little more than he wants to admit?