He’s one of my soldiers.

One of the perks of coming clean and sharing Penny's little secret with Zoren was that she could talk about her past life freely. Although they had discussed a lot of it while Penny was letting her other ego come out, this was something different.

Meanwhile, when she said she needed a brainstorming buddy, Zoren initially thought it was about something else. But when she started listing what had been on her mind, he understood why she needed another mind to think alongside her.

[Every day is a battle in this mind, so don't be one of the battles I have to fight.]

What she said last night resonated in his mind as he listened to her worries. Although everything she was saying concerned him and stirred emotions that were enough to make one's blood boil, he couldn't help but admire how she expressed herself. The more she talked, the more she revealed just how complex and beautiful her mind was.