Ves did not find a bodyguard he wanted to buy out on the spot at Trinity Halls.
Certainly, he met many competent and athletic Kinners who knew how to triage, how to survive in a wilderness and how to operate dozens of different weapons.
Some of the more expensive ones even incorporated alien organs in their body that gave them capabilities that might prove invaluable.
The ability to sniff out toxins, see infrared, fire out bone shards from an organic arm cannon and more offered additional flexibility when their equipment failed.
With the prevalence of hacking, relying too much on technology was a common vulnerability that many unscrupulous actors exploited!
Yet despite all these fancy offerings, the bodyguards themselves seemed to be a bit devoid of.. personality.