"I must say, compared to the other pirate designers my men have captured, you are remarkably well-behaved."
Merill Truman offered Ves a modest smile. "I never intended to become a pirate. I was forced into this life."
She had given him a very plain story of her background. According to her words, she was born and raised in the Roppo Principality.
After graduating from a good mech design university from the Principality, she attracted the attention of a Senior who mentored her. Over the course of her duties, she went on some sort of assignment that brought her close to the frontier where her entire life upended.
"A gang of ruffians ambushed our ship. Our escorts were too weak and stood no chance, so they ran." Merrill growled. "After that, the pirates took possession of our passenger ship as well as everyone inside."
"It seems you didn't suffer too much in their care."
