Derek shrugs a little at that. "I don't know, I think it's pretty paranoid of us. I feel like a normal person would just be grateful for the opportunity to have a wish granted for doing something as simple as being affectionate with people or helping the community, instead of questioning motives. But maybe that's just the cynical side of me showing his ugly head again, as usual," he says, jaw setting and eyes rolling at the fact that he can't even just filter himself a little bit. This has got to be the poorest first impression he's ever made on someone. It has to be.

A hand moves to scrub at his face with frustration, reflexively. It falls away and his frustration with it, replaced by sympathy, when Jyn goes on. Yeah. He knows that feeling.

"I feel like that, too, sometimes." He pauses and adds, before he can stop himself, "all the time. ...this conversation is incredibly depressing, I'm really sorry..."