"Thrawn, what are you doing?"
"I am working, Pellaeon."
"Thrawn it is oh-two hundred hours."
"Yes. It is."
"You woke up this morning at oh-four hundred."
"Yes. I did."
"Thrawn that is twenty-two hours without sleep!"
"Pellaeon, I can assure you that I am fine."
"Normally I would not argue but you've been doing this for the past three days. I can count the hours of sleep you have had on one hand!"
"Captain I am a grown man. I know my limits."
"Yes, I know you do but very rarely do you actually abide by those limits. What are you even doing this late?"
"Work."
"Do not be a smart-ass right now."
"If you must know I am filling out forms."
"You are depriving yourself of a basic need to do administrative work?"
"Work has to be done no matter how simple."
"I would accuse you of trying to be difficult on purpose but it comes so naturally to you that I won't bother."
"I appreciate the supreme effort that must be for you to do so."
"Do not get smart with me when I am only looking out for your best interests!"
"... All right."
"Thank you. Now, can't this wait until later?"
"If it's all the same to you, I would much rather get it over with."
"It is not all the same to me and while I understand where you are coming from you have to sleep."
"I have survived worse than a little lost sleep, Pellaeon."
"I don't doubt you, but you may not survive the next few minutes if you don't take a break and sleep."
"First of all, sleep deprived or not, we both know I can take you in a fight. Second of all, I am fine. I only need a few more hours and I will be done."
"No, because you are going to bed."
"Pellaeon, even if I wanted to sleep I couldn't. Let me get this done in peace."
"So that's it isn't it?"
"What?"
"It's the caffeine pills isn't it?"
"... What?"
"You thought I didn't know, didn't you?"
"Where are you going with this?"
"I know where you keep them, both bottles. I'll get them right now and throw them in an incinerator and then I'll hunt down the orderly that supplies you and put the fear of god into them if you don't take a break and sleep."
"You. Wouldn't. Dare."
"Try me."
"I might."
"Damn it, Thrawn, I'm worried about you! Why do you have to be so hard-headed about this?"
"I am just trying to get work done, Pellaeon. Why are you being so hard-headed about this?"
"Because I care about you and your well-being. Thrawn, please, look at me... come to bed. At least to rest for a few hours."
"... I suppose if I don't you will just keep arguing with me and I will not get any work done anyway."
"You're not wrong."
"All right. Let me save this."
"Thank you."
"You are welcome, though you will be helping me with it tomorrow."
"Thrawn, if that is the price I must pay for your well-being then I will happily bear it."