Cadet Eli Vanto: "We have been invited to the metallurgy lab tonight to play cards with Spenc Orbar and Rosita Turuy. They say they're running some corrosion tests on one of their alloy boards. 
Thrawn: "Are we permitted in the metallurgy lab?"

Cadet Eli Vanto: "Not unless we have a project we're working on. If we're caught, it means trouble. Even more so if the card game includes gambling. Gambling is strictly forbidden. "
Thrawn: "If we are charged with gambling, they will be also."
Cadet Eli Vanto: "You still don't get how it works, do you? Orbar's family is connected to the Coruscant Senate. He can probably pull anything short of straight-up murder without getting kicked out."

Thrawn: "Then we will simply refuse any offers to gamble."
Cadet Eli Vanto: "You're going to go, aren't you?"

Thrawn: "We were invited. You may stay here if you wish."
Cadet Eli Vanto: "Is this what Chiss do? See a trap, and just walk into it?" 

Thrawn: "Sometimes walking into a trap is the best strategy. There are few traps that cannot be turned against their designers."

Rosita Turuy: "We figured you could help, with all your military experience. If what we heard was true."
Thrawn: "I am happy to share my experience. Have you a specific question?"
Spenc Orbar: "I'm interested in the idea of traps. Take these cards. If I'm holding a King's Lane, there's no way any of you can beat me. But you won't know that until it is too late."
Rosita Turuy: "How would you prepare for that kind of situation?"
Thrawn: "A King's Lane is indeed unbeatable, but recall that there are three equivalent runs in the deck. Any of them would stagger yours and lead to mutual deadlock."
Rostia Turuy: "You have any idea what the odds are against getting two King's Lanes in the same deal?"
Thrawn: "As you say, such runs are rare. More likely you hold a Prince's Lane at best, or a Cube, or a Triad. In that event, what you described as a trap would more likely be termed simply a bluff."

Commandant Deenlark: "If you're suggesting I'm going to look the other way on this, Cadet, I strongly suggest you revise your thinking. Yes, I'm concerned about the potential political fallout here. But I can't let this one slide. And I won't." 
Thrawn: "I'm gratified to hear that, Commandant. Let me then suggest an alternative means of action. After the attackers have been found, I recommend they be transferred to starfighter pilot training." 
Commandant Deenlark: "You don't want them charged? Pilot training is hardly what I'd consider a punishment." 

Thrawn: "It is not intended to be. All three show the aptitude and aura necessary for fighter-craft pilots. It was obvious from their method of attack. The way they moved-- it was the mark of instinctive combat pilots. I believe the starfighter program at the Skystrike Academy is equally capable to the one here at the Royal Academy?"