Cassian doesn't have time for surprise, but he'll feel it later. He expected recriminations. He expected Poe to say that's a step too far. Looks like he had the pilot wrong.

He reaches out, and touches Poe's arm.

"It will make a difference." Calm and absolutely certain. Either the death of the governor, and the chaos it will cause, tying up the First Order's resources -- or the frame-up, pointing to the worst of the Vader Lives partisans, who hate the First Order as much as the Resistance does. More.

Cassian is a murderer, but it's for a cause he believes in. He turns away. Down to business. Time to focus.

"Transmitting," he says. Flips the last switch.