Confronting the Traitor
As he faced the one-eyed alien he had met centuries ago, Minos remembered the offer she had made him.
When he first went to the guild to absorb the Flashdrain parasite, he had met this Intermediate Officer in charge of that service in the external part of the city. She had told him to come to her when he became a Sovereign.
Facing her at the inner city post in charge of parasites, Minos greeted her and asked about the opportunity.
"Are you still available to help me?" He asked as she prepared Ruth's parasite, having already implanted Minos'.
She smiled when she heard that. "I don't think I can help you as much now as I could when you joined the guild. Back then, you were only a Grandmaster, and I was a level 106 Sovereign.
Now, I'm only at level 108. I can't offer you as much as I could if you were a level 100 Sovereign."