[He laughs a little at the compliment--there was a reason he ducked promotions and awards. Excess attention was always dangerous...but he'd be a liar if he didn't admit to liking it. Even if only in disguises, he still found little ways to shine.

Even in moments of seriousness, he tried to keep the mood light. Balancing the gravitas carried by Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, and even Admiral Ackbar was no mean feat, but he liked to think that he tried.]

Even if I am the best slicer the galaxy has ever seen, I can't do anything if the hardware itself is wrecked. If there are records, I can't access them. It's likely that they were destroyed when Darth Vader and the Emperor made their rounds. They wiped all records clean.

[It was the indiscriminant destruction of information that left him on edge, and the sheer brutality of their methods that made him wary of Anakin Skywalker's presence. The fact that Luke and the others had their meeting, vouched for him, helped.

He still preferred to be on alert, just in case.]