As Altair trained Balkin, Thrawn looked at artwork. Nuso Esva was very careful to never let Thrawn see any artwork he collected, knowing full well how Thrawn's mind worked. But he could still look at the artwork of worlds he had previously targeted and even conquered, to look for patterns in what sort of world the warlord would next target.

At Altair's comm call, he replied, "I trust the training went well?"