The bar was rather low then, at least Eli was decent enough not to take advantage of Chise. Her abilities were of acknowledged but they were power and Eli didn't seek power. Thrawn, however, was a strategist first and foremost.
Between them they are carefully passing and deflecting questions and topics; Eli can tell and he is pretty sure so can she. It is not a problem.
The first instinct is to get defensive. Story of Eli's life: getting angry at people who misjudge Thrawn.
Eli would have liked to be able to say that their hate has no basis. That Thrawn is simply doing his duty as required by the Imperial Navy. Unfortunately, Eli has seen Kanan's memories and cannot make such assertions without knowing them to be lies. Something he would rather not do.
"They're on different sides of a conflict." He begins delicately, trying to untangle the complicated threads of history. "And I can only tell you what I know secondhand as this is a battle I've not been in myself." And really, he wishes to be as fair as possible — even though his bias for Thrawn is present.
"Thrawn is brilliant at what he does and it makes sense his opposition would dislike him for that." Still, Eli's admiration for Thrawn and his fondness cannot be hidden — though he tries to tone it down. "He cares about civilian casualties but at the heart of it he's a warrior and if you decide to fight him he will not show mercy. Though that is, from what I understand, the way of the Chiss too."
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Between them they are carefully passing and deflecting questions and topics; Eli can tell and he is pretty sure so can she. It is not a problem.
The first instinct is to get defensive. Story of Eli's life: getting angry at people who misjudge Thrawn.
Eli would have liked to be able to say that their hate has no basis. That Thrawn is simply doing his duty as required by the Imperial Navy. Unfortunately, Eli has seen Kanan's memories and cannot make such assertions without knowing them to be lies. Something he would rather not do.
"They're on different sides of a conflict." He begins delicately, trying to untangle the complicated threads of history. "And I can only tell you what I know secondhand as this is a battle I've not been in myself." And really, he wishes to be as fair as possible — even though his bias for Thrawn is present.
"Thrawn is brilliant at what he does and it makes sense his opposition would dislike him for that." Still, Eli's admiration for Thrawn and his fondness cannot be hidden — though he tries to tone it down. "He cares about civilian casualties but at the heart of it he's a warrior and if you decide to fight him he will not show mercy. Though that is, from what I understand, the way of the Chiss too."