[ wow you're the one who brought age up :/// ]

...I haven't really asked since we first met them. [ about their reasons. ] Adrastea-san just insisted that they really liked the work.

[ which still sounds fake but sometimes you just don't want to keep running into that wall ]

They seem pretty understanding about it, though. Like... if we really didn't ask to be here, we're totally justified in being upset, even if it isn't totally their fault.