Leia could feel something as they approached. It was an unfamiliar presence, but one that called to her; a sort of prodding, there is a connection here, be aware of it feeling. She really needed to ask Luke for more training, if he would.
And she saw Jaina for the first time.
Leia had an epiphany.
This was her daughter. Their daughter, hers and Han's. Leia loved Han deeply, fully anticipated spending the rest of her life with him, and she could see traces of both of them in this woman. Her own short stature and brown eyes, Han's stance and a few small oil-stains dotting the hem of the shirt. Both of them, combined into and with someone new, someone she all at once couldn't wait to meet. Why hadn't she realized it before?