Eli couldn't help but stifle a giggle at the idea of someone just throwing their lightsaber. Especially when Altair's lightsaber wasn't the little sword handle but the long pike shaft. That would have been even worse for him than if he'd just drawn his blade on her.

"Seeing as Thrawn wouldn't be happy with either of us if we came back with the other's corpse, I'll try not to."

Thrawn had recounted their adventure into the ruins on Rishi, and how Altair had saved him first from a trap, then from the alien guarding the artifact they'd been after. The mask sitting on Thrawn's desk had come from those ruins as well, though when he'd asked Thrawn about it, he'd changed the subject.

"I saw that he's added a few new pieces of art in his office since I left."