As Cassian entered Commander Sher's office—she was the one in charge of the department's treasury, from which he'd be choosing his reward—she greeted him with a knowing smile.
"I thought you'd be the first person I'd see this morning," she said with a chuckle. "But you don't seem as eager as I expected for someone about to receive a mission reward."
"Oh, I am, Commandant," Cassian replied, grinning from ear to ear, his excitement shining through. "I just ended up falling asleep really late, and all the exhaustion from the past few days hit me at once. I slept straight through the noon. Woke up and came here first thing."
Leaving out his encounter with Laureen, though still amused by it, he added with a playful smirk, "Of course, after thoroughly cleaning up."