The Companions of the Heart (spoilers LST)

[assasin]

If that is so, then Cosgo must have severely hurt Jamailia by making girls like Kekki, who didn't seem to have much of a brain, into Companions. One has to wonder why he did it, if he's not supposed to sleep with them.

She's his chalced expert right. Becuase she seems really inteliegent when she's not stoned. She obviously has a fine grasp of their culture and stuff. The problem is that the satrap drugs them to the point of uselessness.