"Wait, so the powers that be can pull people from across time too?" Eli's mind feels blown again. People can be pulled from his galaxy's past and even future. That's kind of amazing.

"The CEDF are the Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet," It's not like a whole lot of people know what a Chiss is, since Thrawn doesn't go around announcing his species and the only people who really know about them are those from Wild Space, like himself. "My... friend sent me to serve them."