[He doesn't hear her request, too busy trying to unravel the information she has given him. "Alike in mind"? What did that even mean? He couldn't even liken it to anything he's heard someone say in his past, as he is usually able to. It is simply -- bizarre. He starts to shake his head, though whether that's in response to her question or the information she's giving him is hard to say.
He had wanted to avoid talking about Rey to others not because he had been interested in protecting her -- at least, not entirely. He'd been doing it to protect himself, which makes Thrawn's conclusion twice as confusing.]
He was fishing.
[He had to have been. It was the only way. And she'd taken his bait because she was unable to lie.]
There is no other conclusion to draw.
[He pushes himself off the table and it makes a horrid sound as it grinds across the floor. Slowly, his mind catches up to her previous offer.]
No. We risk an audience there.
[He'd been in his room because he didn't want to see people.]
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He had wanted to avoid talking about Rey to others not because he had been interested in protecting her -- at least, not entirely. He'd been doing it to protect himself, which makes Thrawn's conclusion twice as confusing.]
He was fishing.
[He had to have been. It was the only way. And she'd taken his bait because she was unable to lie.]
There is no other conclusion to draw.
[He pushes himself off the table and it makes a horrid sound as it grinds across the floor. Slowly, his mind catches up to her previous offer.]
No. We risk an audience there.
[He'd been in his room because he didn't want to see people.]