TFLN & Overflow

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Because they were both very well aware that nothing was guaranteed, especially time, even the littlest, quietest moments were both appreciated and enjoyed to their fullest. "Get your rest", Jyn murmured, pressing a quick kiss to his cheek, "I'll be here when you wake up."

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He half smiled and turned his head to kiss her properly. Reaching over, he pressed a button on a pad by their bed and turned out the lights, pulling up the blankets and closing his eyes.

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As difficult as it was to keep things light and not distract from the task at hand, Jyn managed admirably enough. Once the lights went out, it was easy to settle and relax all the further, to close her eyes and revel in having this time to do nothing at all but rest with each other. Before she knew it, she'd be asleep.

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A couple of hours later, Cassian's comlink started beeping on the table in the corner where he'd left it. He quickly got up, years of being on-call having conditioned him to be a light sleep, and went to answer it.

"I'll be right there," he said after listening to the person on the other end. He started to pull on his clothes.

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Jyn wasn't far behind - if the shifting of the bed and the loss of her partner weren't enough, the beeping definitely would have been. She didn't attempt to dress yet, but stood and stretched and yawned.

"Want me, too? Or is this a you thing?"

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"You can come," he said as he sat down on the edge of the bed and pulled on his boots. "It'll be boring, though." He smiled and then went to grab his comlink.

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"I hardly think that's true at all", she laughed, quick to pull on her own clothing, as well - pants, shirt, vest, boots, done. "You know there's no other place I'd rather be."

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"C'mon." He went and kissed her cheek, squeezing her hand a bit before letting go and then going to open the door.

Once they left, they went out down the hall and outside to where all the ships were stationed. The U-Wing in question was already being unloaded, five pristine droids that looked exactly like Kay were being carted off to a computer lab. Cassian followed.

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She certainly appreciated the gesture - seeing as how the rest of the day, and probably most of the night was going to be spent working on the new droids. At least she'd be there to assist - hopefully she wouldn't be more of a hindrance.

Again, she followed along at a respectable distance, although she did stop in her tracks to see the droids, identical to Kay, but not ... not nearly the same at all. And these droids would never take his place, but who knew who they could become.

Jyn sighed, and followed along, and hoped that the reprogramming went off without a hitch.

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Once they got to the lab, Cassian hooked up the first one to a tablet of sorts and started undoing and going through all its Empire programming. Each of the droids had come in completely offline.

"You can have a seat there," Cassian said to Jyn. Without looking up, he nodded toward a stool.

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Immediately, he set to work, and Jyn didn't really know what to do without getting in the way, which was the last thing that she wanted. So, she sat, and watched for a bit, and eventually -

"Is there anything that you'd like for me to do?"

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He was in the middle of running diagnostics when she finally spoke up. Lifting his head, he turned to look at her, almost forgetting that she had been sitting there next to him.

"Do you want to maybe clean them up a bit?"

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It was a big job, and Jyn hadn't expected otherwise. Besides, when it was needed, she could keep quiet and keep to herself at the same time. But she'd feel useless if she wasn't doing something, so she was grateful for the suggestion.

"Of course. They'll be like new in no time", she answered, getting up in order to search for cleaning supplies.

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He smiled at her as a few others - engineers who worked in the lab - came in to get started on the other droids.

She'll only be helping him with cleaning up the one in front of him since this was the one Cassian chose for himself.

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Well, that made her work all the easier, and with her time being dedicated to just the one droid, she could make sure that it looked as good as new when all was said and done. From top to bottom, she'd be as thorough as possible.

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By the time she would come back, Cassian would be back to working, hunched over a tablet as he waited to reprogram after the diagnostics. It wouldn't be long now - with this droid, he'd be back to going on assignments, leaving Jyn behind most likely.

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Soon.

And after this, if everything went to plan, probably sooner than either of them would like. But that was life, and that was the time they lived in, and that was what had to be done, and Jyn didn't want to think about that at the moment, so she devoted every bit of attention that she could toward getting the droid cleaned, and making sure the joints were oiled, ensuring that it looked the best it could.

It wouldn't for very long, of course, but that was a given, knowing what sorts of things it would soon be tasked to do, and knowing some of the places it might soon be sent to, along with Cassian, and all she could hope was that it took care of him as well as Kay, that she could trust it to do so.

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They worked well into the night and into the early hours before, finally, the droid could come back online. Cassian stretched and yawned as he set the tablet aside and looked down at the droid who would be his partner for the foreseeable future. K2 couldn't - no, wouldn't - be replaced, but Cassian had to move on whether he wanted to or not.

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Sure, they took breaks every now and again, but for the most part were kept busy by their respective tasks. It was not easy, of course, doing a full reprogram, but all seemed well when the tablet was set down for the last time. Thank goodness for that - Jyn's back ached, and her fingers were cramped, and all she wanted was to rest and relax for the rest of the night, if at all possible. But first, a heavy, tired smile, however reassuring it could feel. "You're done?"

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"I think so," he said, smiling a little in response to hers. He too was tired and could use about 12 hours of sleep. "We'll leave the droid here and come back after breakfast. That way we have the whole day to tweak it."

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It would be nice to be able to give Cassian that, but alas, Jyn was not in charge. They'd manage on whatever amount of sleep they managed to get. They were both good at that. "Yes. Best we try to do that after you get some rest. You've been working nonstop for hours now."

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"Lets go." He grabbed his jacket that he'd taken off at some point during the night and pulled it back on. Despite the tropical climate during the day, Yavin 4 could get pretty cold at night.

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Which made cuddling at night all the more necessary; not that Jyn needed more of a reason for it. "Food, or bed? Or something else entirely - like a breath of fresh air?"

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"How about all three?" He said, smiling over at her. He'd been on Yavin 4 for some time now, and had been able to explore some of the paths the Alliance had craved through the jungle. Most of the planet was unexplored, but parts were open for recreational use.

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"Hm", she hummed, pretending to mull over the question before offering an actual answer. "I think that sounds good, actually. We should enjoy some time before we go right back to sleep."