Another time when the stakes weren't so high she'd have teased him that the kids listened to her because she was the fun parent, or because of her tendency to bend the rules when it suited her. Instead she reaches out with her free hand and brushes her fingers across his hand before lacing their fingers together. She smiles half-heartedly. "We raised two very stubborn, passionate children." They're both responsible for that.

She tries to catch his gaze. "I wouldn't be going if I thought there was another way. You're needed here. It doesn't feel right sending people if one of isn't there." It's going to take everyone working together to disable or destroy Starkiller and this might be their last and only chance to get close to their son. "I've been doing stupid things since we met. What's one more?"