Though Ves found it difficult to justify his request, he had made the right decision to frame his acquisition as a desire to prepare a birthday gift for Andraste.
Master Laila Devos did not have an immediate and obvious reason to doubt his motives.
Andraste's most important birthday was truly coming up, and she was known to be a sword-wielding enthusiast.
Though Ves had access to enough superdimensional matter to gift her with a powerful superdimensional sword, Destroyer weapons possessed their own charm.
There was good strategic sense in bestowing Andraste with a Destroyer weapon.
Such a move would bring her closer in alignment with the Terran Alliance and its people.
After all, if Andraste fell in love with Destroyer weapons and wanted to obtain more powerful ones in the future, then it would be natural for her to cooperate more actively with the Terrans as she matured!
