Ves spoke a bit further with Eliza Mo Ragadan at the Astral Octagon.
He also evaluated the qualities of his new political assistant. She possessed the typical confident and highly competent bearing of a first-rater, but she lacked the arrogance of a citizen of the Greater Terran United Confederation or the New Rubarth Empire.
She likely originated from a smaller first-rate state that may have served as a buffer between the two giants. Those locations tended to raise people who knew that good diplomacy was a necessary trait to survive and thrive in a galaxy dominated by giants.
Her middle-aged appearance made her look as if she was around 40 to 50 years old, but Ves already knew that this was just an illusion.
Life-prolonging treatments and designer baby genetics meant that Eliza was probably closer to 100 to 150 years old.
