[ cassian listens very carefully and attentively, without looking as though he is practically memorizing everything this woman tells him. he doesn't even know her name yet, he can't trust what she is saying as absolute, but even so it manages to strike a little close to home. if it is as she says, he can understand why this organization might want to help, why they might be fighting. he has been involved in plenty a militant resistance. those on fest who resisted republic rule and intervention were called militant. it's going to take more digging on morningstar to find out if they're the real deal. ]

Would that not make us the weapons? Doubly so if we have been given powers or abilities. [ his have still not manifested, and he's trying not to think about what it means for him too much yet. but he is not unawares that people can and have been considered weapons themselves. even the jedi ended up being just tools. ]

Is this UNA in power, or are they merely the arm of a governing body? Do they know we are here? [ he needs more players in the whole picture. ]