Not sure if I shared this one before, but what the heck.
Raen’s parents secretly wished their children not to have ties to the underworld. Shailla got lucky and was taken to the Jedi Order, Emir (their younger brother) is a starfighter pilot for the Republic, and Raen was going to work for CorSec and maybe move to the SIS in the future.
But this idea was doomed - Raen is too much of a free spirit. While being intelligent and witty (I know I portray her like a dumbass too often, which isn’t a lie, but she’s still capable and smart enough), she did not have an easy time following instructions, doing mundane work, and just being a diligent student in general. Instead of attending boring classes, she preferred to cause trouble with friends. Her parents weren’t glad to learn Raen has been kicked out of school (think she was about 17), but they also did not wish to force their dreams onto their kids and got over that fact pretty quick.
Irony is not even an emotion, but it was all Raen was able to feel when she agreed to Theron’s offer to work for the SIS.