"That's quite high praise," Zohvin tells her. He might not be the type to smile, but he feels rather pleased anyway, allowing himself a moment of mental preening before

"You also have a good eye for this sort of thing. I belonged to my people's military before I was 'loaned' to our allies, a power named the Sith Empire. That means I've lived with near-daily training ever since I was a young teenager."

For the large part it's a lie, but it's been his cover story for working within the Empire ever since he started, and he's used to telling it by now.