"I'm just glad he told that Pryce woman to get bent." Apparently she'd helped get Eli his long-overdue promotion, but then she had to kill all those people at Batonn, and it had soured her relationship with them. She had tried to convinced Thrawn that he needed her, but he'd turned her down and left her to deal with the rebels on Lothal herself.

"Honestly, he's just bad at politics in general. A genius in every other way, but really bad at politics." He looked up as the bat went flying. "Restless, huh?"

He moved the bag over to a nearby sofa, wondering why it felt kind of heavy. Books, maybe? The sheets and blanket were plain black, as was the pillowcase.