[ Despite the dry tone and grumpy appearance, Cassian, at several points throughout his life, has in fact done his fair share of showboating.
Some of it had to do with the cockiness of a kid trying his best to fit into a completely new environment where he spoke little (none) of the language and who had yet to fully comprehend the lessons life was going to teach him. And then in between all of that, some it could be chalked up to trying impress someone. Typically someone of the pretty or handsome variety. If we had to place this scenario anywhere between those two, it's probably closer to the latter. But only because he had to prove a point.
And when she lets out another sound - not just any sound, it's the sound of the ebb of fear that flows into joy - hearing that is what turns the tilt of his lips into a proper smile on his face that feels more devil-may-care than it did before. He eases off the gas pedal but not so much that the wind whistling through their hair stops. Though he hasn't laughed there's the obvious sound of it in his voice as he takes his eyes off the road to look at her clearly equal parts amused and pleased to see that the apprehension from before has been swept away at least for the time being. ]
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Some of it had to do with the cockiness of a kid trying his best to fit into a completely new environment where he spoke little (none) of the language and who had yet to fully comprehend the lessons life was going to teach him. And then in between all of that, some it could be chalked up to trying impress someone. Typically someone of the pretty or handsome variety. If we had to place this scenario anywhere between those two, it's probably closer to the latter. But only because he had to prove a point.
And when she lets out another sound - not just any sound, it's the sound of the ebb of fear that flows into joy - hearing that is what turns the tilt of his lips into a proper smile on his face that feels more devil-may-care than it did before. He eases off the gas pedal but not so much that the wind whistling through their hair stops. Though he hasn't laughed there's the obvious sound of it in his voice as he takes his eyes off the road to look at her clearly equal parts amused and pleased to see that the apprehension from before has been swept away at least for the time being. ]
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