[Ezra actually laughs, a little, breaking the formal mask for a moment to crack a joke.] Well. That's teenagers for you, right?

[More dryly-] And not to put too fine a point on it, Thrawn, in my view, what I saw as my duty then took priority by a long shot. [To fight the Sith and the Empire. To aid the Rebellion. To protect Lothal.]

Here, as a Jedi and as unpaired warden, I see myself as owing some measure of care and as much decency as I can muster, to all onboard. [He would say compassion, but that can so easily taken as pity.]