Shiva listened, though she caught herself with an uncertain expression. This was what she was thinking about with Rothians. This one was another case of them taking the time to excel in life because of the resources and time available, essentially becoming a 'badass' as some races would call it. The comment that hit home was considering fifty years old to be young. Shiva had to double check that her translator was still on and converting units of time to something standard, but the Rothian lifespan quickly became apparent. Shiva was a young masulu, but not an immature one. She had accomplished plenty in only forty-two years of life, and Rareth'Jharn's words just made her feel inadvertently patronised in a way.

Rather than speak up about it, Shiva held back for now. She didn't want getting off on the wrong foot with anyone here to be her fault at least. Unfortunately, Rareth'Jharn's next question proved to be a little testing. There was a silence where Shiva looked to one side awkwardly in thought, the only sound from the conversing humans and dirophyd off to one side. She had answered Shuo because he was her superior and it was required, but she wasn't sure she wanted to bring her lifelong shame into the squad if she didn't have to. As far as she knew, they would have the same stigma as other Sovereignty grunts. "I do not think it...well, I guess you could say that the Consilium...'influenced' me to join." She took a breath and held it, then shook her head. She had already said more than she wanted to, "...apologies, I do not want to go into that right now."

In an effort to direct the conversation away from herself, Shiva glanced at Shuo and her tone turned a little more optimistic. "But, 5th echelon Yuyun might have a more interesting story. You're from ArmSpecWar, right sir?" Shiva felt she was stepping onto thin ice talking to Shuo so nonchalantly, but she supposed now would be as good a test as ever for his level of strictness.