"Why do I suddenly feel as though I'll have my work cut out for me in the future?" Altair asked, though it was a comment made mostly in jest. After all, wandering into a trap willingly was something he had just said he had done too. Of course, unlike Thrawn, he was Force sensitive, and could survive much that most could not.

But then, where the Force was Altair's blade to cut through anyone stupid enough to try and trap him, perhaps Thrawn's intelligence was his armor that allowed him to stand victorious even in the face of his nemesis' trap.

"But if you wish for me to walk into this trap with you, you only need to say the word. It is, after all, what I am here for."

Being a weapon for Thrawn to use against his foes was, at any rate.