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Reinstated as the party's agent, Zev masks crucial intel as on-air outrage — her 'Party citizen' act cracking to reveal a secret ally.
Zev, the kua-tin Borant agent restored to Carl and Princess Donut's account, proves to be a covert ally. She relays that a last-ditch legal challenge to Carl's plan failed — the Skull Empire's suit dismissed because Carl now owns Skull Empire stock, and the Valtay Corporation sent an attorney to help Borant defeat it — and passes a message from Borant's new politburo controllers: they approve Carl's scheme (it costs rival sponsors fortunes) but warn game-breaking antics won't be tolerated in future. As Carl floods Larracos, her horrified rant ('This is not what you promised... you've killed thousands') dawns on Carl as an act: she's giddily feeding him the strategic consequences — the drowned markets and dead merchant NPCs that can't be replaced, the faction-wars economy in freefall, the AI spiraling early.
Her flat 'good citizen' persona is a mask over genuine partisanship for Carl.
A two-foot-tall kua-tin agent (a small amphibious alien), speaking in a flat 'Stepford' voice that cracks with real feeling.
The party's kua-tin agent and secret ally, smuggling intel behind a mask of outrage.
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