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In moments of stress or uncertainty, we tend to fall back on the familiar and comfortable.”
She’d come up with a couple of plausible-sounding lies, and for a moment she was tempted to use one of them. But sitting here, listening to his measured voice, she knew it would be useless. “It’s going to sound stupid,” she warned. “Noted. Continue.”
“Intent and motivations are irrelevant,” Thrawn said. “Judgment can focus only on actions.”
The key to a satisfying life is to accept those things that cannot be changed, and make a positive difference with those that can.”
“All beings possess imagination to varying degrees,” Thrawn said. “It can be encouraged and nurtured, or can sometimes shine out in moments of stress. But curiosity is a choice. Some wish to have it. Others don’t.
“But he gave us our instructions,” Che’ri said. “We know what we’re supposed to do.” “I know that,” Thalias said. “I’m just saying it’s not the same.” “Oh,” Che’ri said, the part of her face that Thalias could see suddenly clearing. “It’s not that you don’t trust Thrawn. You don’t trust yourself.”
