He didn't know how long they had sat there together. The fact she was able to speak again told him she'd make it through this. Standing up he reached back down to help her up. One foot in front of the other, that was how they would make it through today. "Believe me a lot of people are grateful that Tarkin is dead. I promise that the future isn't all like that. There is good news too."

He hoped that someday she'd be ready to hear that what Leia did was worth it. That it had stopped the same tragedy from befalling so many other worlds.