"Back then, I was just a minor who didn't get to complete her education, so my only option was part-time jobs. The number of hours I had to cover to keep afloat left me with little to look forward to, but…"
Part-time work was definitely far less intense compared to Cassian's suffering as an errand boy inside Dimensional Gates. That being said, it didn't mean that Kara's situation was much better.
In Leo's opinion, the intense life and death struggle was rather a booster towards' Cassian goal.
"It wasn't the fact that I had to work a lot that proved problematic; if anything, it was good to keep myself occupied for as much time as possible. Instead, it was the void that crept back in once I attempted to go to sleep. At that point, my only saving grace was passing out from exhaustion."