I realized something about Nemik's manifesto and the whole Andor/Rogue One debate about the line "I've been in this fight since I was six years old."
Because, by Nemik's philosophy, every act against the Empire and against fascist control makes you part of the Rebellion. "There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward."
Cassian has been fighting the Empire through theft, self-defense, childhood attempts for vengeance, long before Andor starts, and it makes sense that looking back he would count all of it.
I think what’s most interesting about this is that—of course he would count all of it—but that by this definition Jyn had also been fighting the Empire since she was a kid. It really highlights what perfect mirrors of each other Jyn and Cassian are. Cassian just doesn’t recognize that in that moment in Rogue One, while they are arguing.
