[to the first, Thrawn links back to the conversation in question, written out verbatim in the slightly clinical way of incident reporting.
An affirmative on Thrass: Thrawn writes out a brief summation. When and under what circumstances he met him (at Thrawn's rematching dinner, where Thrass was a Cousin and low-ranking Aristrocra welcoming in new Mitth); how the two would spend Thrawn's rare instances of shore leave playing Tactica in a favorite bistro; how Thrass casually and surprisingly referred to Thrawn as his brother during a skirmish in front of an opposing family (a rare thing especially for those with such a huge gap in family ranking between them, and one that Thrawn could not reciprocate), how Thrass was the first person he told of his missing sister; and how his pre-emptive strike against a pirate force led ultimately to Thrass' death, to Thrawn being stripped of his command and ship and, eventually, his exile.
'Worth of shame' gets a 'Politics' word in return: a derisive answer that means Thrawn does not understand it and cannot calculate it, but knows it's something other Chiss value. He points out Thrass' death and Thrawn's removal from his command as 'worth of balance'. The Kivu family is not restricted to mining and fishing: these are simply the most profitable industries on the planet Rentor where he was born, but relocating the family to settle elsewhere is costly and time-consuming and would require significant petitioning and re-education for most of the family. And there is the matter of whether the Kivu even wished for that: when one has done a job, and done it well for generations, there is a certain amount of pride in being the best at what you do.
To 'You didn't care about your birth family?', Thrawn writes back with a curious question of where he implied that.]
My galaxy has a number of interesting studies on such a topic. I will forward you what reading materials I have on things such as synth skin and robotic replacement limbs.
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An affirmative on Thrass: Thrawn writes out a brief summation. When and under what circumstances he met him (at Thrawn's rematching dinner, where Thrass was a Cousin and low-ranking Aristrocra welcoming in new Mitth); how the two would spend Thrawn's rare instances of shore leave playing Tactica in a favorite bistro; how Thrass casually and surprisingly referred to Thrawn as his brother during a skirmish in front of an opposing family (a rare thing especially for those with such a huge gap in family ranking between them, and one that Thrawn could not reciprocate), how Thrass was the first person he told of his missing sister; and how his pre-emptive strike against a pirate force led ultimately to Thrass' death, to Thrawn being stripped of his command and ship and, eventually, his exile.
'Worth of shame' gets a 'Politics' word in return: a derisive answer that means Thrawn does not understand it and cannot calculate it, but knows it's something other Chiss value. He points out Thrass' death and Thrawn's removal from his command as 'worth of balance'. The Kivu family is not restricted to mining and fishing: these are simply the most profitable industries on the planet Rentor where he was born, but relocating the family to settle elsewhere is costly and time-consuming and would require significant petitioning and re-education for most of the family. And there is the matter of whether the Kivu even wished for that: when one has done a job, and done it well for generations, there is a certain amount of pride in being the best at what you do.
To 'You didn't care about your birth family?', Thrawn writes back with a curious question of where he implied that.]
My galaxy has a number of interesting studies on such a topic. I will forward you what reading materials I have on things such as synth skin and robotic replacement limbs.