No one ever figures out Jyn is a science officer's daughter, so Saw never abandons Jyn, and Jyn stays with his group through their militancy and break with the Rebellion. Jyn is conflicted; she pretends to believe in the cause, and acts the ruthless soldier, but Saw's methods still get to her sometimes.
Cue the movie: Cassian is sent to parlay with Saw and get the defecting pilot's intelligence, but without Jyn's introduction, he is thrown into a cell to rot.
Jyn decides to help him. It has nothing to do with feeling unsettled, nor the firm line of Cassian's jaw. Not that she'll admit, at least.
(This plot probably necessitates the Empire not knowing where Bodhi is, and therefore not annihilating Jedha City until much later, if at all.)
+ Jyn still saves a small child in the midst of guerrilla action. ++ Chirrut and Baze already know Jyn somehow. +++ Cassian is interrogated by the tentacles, and Jyn has to bring him back?? ++++ Cassian and Bodhi bond in jail. +++++ Saw hesitates to show Jyn the holotape, not because he doesn't believe it, but because he doesn't want to lose his foster daughter.
Cassian/Jyn, Jyn is never abandoned by Saw
Cue the movie: Cassian is sent to parlay with Saw and get the defecting pilot's intelligence, but without Jyn's introduction, he is thrown into a cell to rot.
Jyn decides to help him. It has nothing to do with feeling unsettled, nor the firm line of Cassian's jaw. Not that she'll admit, at least.
(This plot probably necessitates the Empire not knowing where Bodhi is, and therefore not annihilating Jedha City until much later, if at all.)
+ Jyn still saves a small child in the midst of guerrilla action.
++ Chirrut and Baze already know Jyn somehow.
+++ Cassian is interrogated by the tentacles, and Jyn has to bring him back??
++++ Cassian and Bodhi bond in jail.
+++++ Saw hesitates to show Jyn the holotape, not because he doesn't believe it, but because he doesn't want to lose his foster daughter.