It was not hard to encompass why the Empire's conflicts still cast their shadow here. Some of the people from his galaxy had never known peace, others died horribly or witnesses atrocities that would fuel nightmares for the rest of their lives.

The history Eli has been able to piece together seems like a continuous tragedy with brief respites of peace. He's glad to be on Csilla. Not so glad Thrawn decided to stay in the Empire.

Sometimes, a little bit of selfishness is okay.

Eli is easily read, he would deny being hurt but it was in poor taste to lie so blatantly when Chise had seen his near attempt to hurl himself down the stairs just to escape. "Don't worry about it. Sometimes you can't fix things."

Once again he turns to his tea, hopefully this time to savour it rather than choke in surprise by unexpected questions.