Thrawn trusts his crew to run his ship without him, at least. To micromanage a ship is to set it up for failure. "I thought I would take a look at some artwork of the Selkath of Manaan today. They are an amphibious race, and much of their planet relies on the large sharks that live deep in their oceans."

This is nice. Just getting a quiet moment to talk and spend time with the man he loves. Thrawn rarely lets himself have moments like this.