He starts to open his mouth in reflex to point out that she's the one continuing to fund the place and did work promoting it… but of course, she knows that (she was there!) so he closes it again and follows orders: smiling, sinking further into her.

One of his hands shifts gently to press the small of her back.

"Kay may have spoken more to him than we did," murmured Cassian. "I wish I'd told him… Kay actually complimented him. Twice. I don't know if he could have appreciated how exceedingly earned that had to be."