[ If she does smell, he'd tell her. Not because it's his place to make comments about that sort of thing (and there are plenty of species in the galaxy where the more smell, the better), but because it might be ruder coming from someone else. Or maybe it would come across as rude.

...Or maybe not considering the way she just phrased that question so boldly. Cassian doesn't stop walking but his lips do twitch a little further up his face. Questions are a good sign to him. It means she won't blindly follow whatever the Crown is trying to feed them. However, it could get her in more trouble than she'd like and possibly make it more difficult to return home - if that's what she wants that is.

He glances down at the next book which will thankfully take them further into the library and away from the front desk where the librarians sit. He tilts his head, indicating a pause at least in response to her first question. ]

That depends. [ It's an answer to both her question. ] I think most of the Summoned in other territories don't associate us with the Crown. But they're in a similar positions to us where they were summoned here without expecting to be. The citizens of Thorne - [ He shrugs. ] it's hard to say.