In the past, Thrawn has simply done what needed doing, and left the feelings of his commanding officers for them to handle once the work was done.

That . . . worked much better once Governor Pryce was in his corner, and Yularen. Here . . .

He exhales, very quietly.

"Do you have specific instructions? Or preferences, I suppose is the word."

He knows himself well enough not to make promises, even as they would make this working situation a great deal easier. Incarceration did not give him much motivation for working on his political and diplomatic skills.