#I do firmly hold that there are a multitude of opinions about Zed’s appropriateness as an operative

[kantraels]

Would Zed be interested in hanging out with other teenagers on the Morningstar, or are they just so in deep with the Krieger mindset of born to kill and die that they don’t care?

So the whole arc it’s going through is that it doesn’t consider itself a teenager (and it doesn’t really consider itself a person, either, in the strictest sense of person.) What it does see itself as is a guardsman; as a Krieger; as a reject (which over time transforms from a stinging mark of shame to a genuine badge of honor as it survives, thrives, and makes a name for itself on the Mourningstar.)

So… as a roundabout answer… probably not, unless those teenagers are also housed in the veteran’s barracks. It’s a bitter anomaly and nobody expected it to last as long as it has. For age, for mental state upon delivery to the Inquisition (bad), for mission types of choice, for… well, you know, an abundance of factors. And then by the time it’s opened up enough to start making friends it’s fully a part of the vet frat.