Greater Good (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #2)

by Timothy Zahn

“Yes, ma’am,” Wutroow said, her voice making a subtle shift from the admiral’s friend to the admiral’s first officer. “Coming into range of target seven.”

As a military officer he’d had to make his fair share of hard decisions, some of them with as little warning as Thalias had been given with this one. But he’d grown into that level of responsibility gradually, with time and experience and the example of others to guide him.

“These are far more than we deserve for anything we’ve done. But if one wants the joy of giving, one must in turn accept the humbleness of receiving, so as to allow others their own joy. You honor us, and we humbly accept your gifts.”