"I was given the rest of the shift off!" Eli greeted as he threw his arms around Thrawn once more. "I thought I was going to get into trouble, but they seemed to understand...."

He had a feeling that Thrawn never told his people that were were more then just friends. It was never his thing to do, but he believed that the others were just as quick to figure it out. Even the ones who felt he was a loose canon.

"Although...I think I saw people passing each other credits around when they thought I wasn't looking."