I had successfully recruited Zurako, and with her secured under my employment, I took the opportunity to probe for more information about her background.
The details she shared painted a clearer picture of why her loyalty to the Desert Triad had been so fragile in the first place.
She had only been working for the organization for six months.
The lack of attachment to her fallen teammates, the ease with which she abandoned the mission, the willingness to switch sides when faced with a better offer.
She simply hadn't been with them long enough to develop any meaningful bonds or sense of belonging.
To her, the Desert Triad was just another employer, and not a particularly good one at that.
What surprised me more was her age. Zurako was somewhere around thirty-six years old, though you would never guess it by looking at her. She appeared to be in her early twenties at most, with smooth skin and an energetic presence that belied her actual years.
