[ No. No, she does not know that. Rey looks skeptical.
But she also think of something she'd seen in the castle. Helpless hostages, a half-shut door, and when they'd overheard Thrawn talking with her about the risk to the Empress, they'd produced a way out. Trust, rewarding his compassion. Surely he could not have anticipated that. Surely … She shakes her head. ]
It's too late for him. He knows the Empire falls. It devastated him to hear it, but ... [ But what could he possibly want from them when he knows it's futile? She doesn't have anything to follow that. Not really. On some level, his prompt to reflect on Thrawn's tendency to say the right thing, to evoke her sympathy, feels wrong. Suspicious. But she can't quantify it or properly analyze it. ]
no subject
But she also think of something she'd seen in the castle. Helpless hostages, a half-shut door, and when they'd overheard Thrawn talking with her about the risk to the Empress, they'd produced a way out. Trust, rewarding his compassion. Surely he could not have anticipated that. Surely … She shakes her head. ]
It's too late for him. He knows the Empire falls. It devastated him to hear it, but ... [ But what could he possibly want from them when he knows it's futile? She doesn't have anything to follow that. Not really. On some level, his prompt to reflect on Thrawn's tendency to say the right thing, to evoke her sympathy, feels wrong. Suspicious. But she can't quantify it or properly analyze it. ]