"Whatever Thrawn's reasons were to keep this from me, I'm sure it made sense to him. Normally he doesn't play games like that. Not with his allies, anyway." His enemies, on the other hand, Thrawn often played them like a harpsichord. Of course, how often had Thrawn done things that hadn't made sense at the time? Whether it was a battle or trying to get someone to do what he wanted them to.

"Just saying, you could have easily hurt me but you chose not to. Ergo, I think I can trust you."

He fiddled with his hands, setting the datapad aside, some of that nervousness returning. "And, I didn't exactly have a problem with you flirting with me."