[To her credit, on the trustworthy-seeming spectrum... Shāza doesn't seem to be making any weird alley-related choices or leading her temporary charge into any suspicious dark doorways. The streets of Springstar are bright and, right now (for now), relatively merry.]

Me? Well, I started out as a clerk after I finished my academics, so... seven years ago? But I didn't get transferred to the Tribune's retinue until I'd served five.

[She answers smoothly, just like Shāza had when a certain Zenite had inquired, smiling and seemingly genuinely interested.]

But the city, it sprang up in waves as our population grew and more refugees arrived from the other worlds, so I know it can be a bit hard to get used to... But once you do, there's a certain sense to it!