"I will consider telling him." Thrass would likely be surprised, given that he wasn't a native Cheunh speaker and his accent wasn't one that most Chiss had. Thrawn was glad that Altair seemed to finally understand that he wasn't about to be mistreated or killed simply for being a Force sensitive Chiss.

He smiled faintly. "I certainly hope that you have reason enough to stay." It still didn't seem fair that Thrawn had his brother back and Altair didn't, but a more selfish part of himself wanted to never let Altair leave. He was far too useful. At least, that's what Thrawn told himself.