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Childermass walks in, not displeased to see the place.

His appearance is much the same as usual except that when his coat swings aside, there's a wand in his belt.

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"My daughter," Galen says, "still at liberty, but with their eye on her."

"They had proof that they knew her whereabouts?"

"Credible enough," Galen says. "And at first, it was true."

He nods. "Strange, then, that they didn't keep her in their custody."

"Later, they made me believe they had her," Galen says, "after I had contacted the rebellion and let them have the plans for the monster so they could destroy it."

[[OOC: This is AU Galen who survived his canon, but only Bodhi survived from the Rogue One crew in the version we are doing.]]

"But by then, it would have been too late to go back."

"So I could only go forward," Galen says, helping to break the weapon, and then helping to break the next one, and now the Empire is beaten, if not finished, and I am free."

"And your daughter?" he asks, watching the man's face.

"Dead for four years," Galen says, suddenly very dark. "I only heard for certain yesterday. Some sort of yesterday, owing to space lag and all that. The entire galaxy changed in that day."

His face is sober, perhaps even a touch sympathetic.

"How old was she?"

"Twenty-two," Galen says. "She died stealing the plans from the Empire so the rebellion could destroy the weapon."

"But did you not say you arranged for those plans to get to the rebels?"

"Yes," Galen says, "but she was the only one if them who had the courage to act on my message."

"You sent a message that did not include the plans themselves?"

"I didn't have access to the file," Galen says. "It was kept in the Imperial Archives on Scarif."

"Ah." He nods. "And description alone of its weaknesses would not be enough."

"They needed the schematics to know where exactly to hit."

"And so your daughter finished what you began."

"She did," Galen says, voice rather dull.

So much happened, and it's only now really sinking in.

Childermass nudges the pot of caf back in his direction.

Galen pours, and then drinks.

"Thank you."

"Seemed you might need it."

And sometimes, in practical ways, he helps.

"I do," Galen says. "My world blew up and came back down in a completely different shape. I'm still processing."

He takes another sip of caf.

"What will you do, now your Empire has fallen?"

"Help build the new republic, in whatever capacity they need me," Galen says.