[quote=AbigailTenshi]
Rio waited quietly outside, completing her usual routine of stroking down her clothes to straighten them out while fixing her eye-patch into the correct place and neatening out her hair. She did have quite a few cuts and bruises all over her body but none on her face, which was good. As she waited, she finally heard Kaizo grant her entry and opened the door before stepping in, closing it behind her. Keeping her eyes to the floor, Rio walked over to the position she'd usually stand in before bowing and speaking while bowed. Raising up, she noticed Kaizo's arms and raised an eyebrow before just looking up at Kaizo. Rio asked while holding eye-contact with him, keeping her face neutral despite being slightly worried. 
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Seeing Rio enter Kaizo couldn't help but smile a little, however he soon wiped this smile off his face as his expression turned back to normal. He watched Rio bow then listened as she spoke, before he could reply however she mentioned his arms and body that were bandaged up, Kaizo continued to look at Rio however as he then spoke "I'm glad you made it back, I knew you wouldn't fail the mission I set you...as for my current condition I am fine, nothing I cannot handle. There was no attack...the Head Captain had myself and another Captain attend to some business..." Kaizo knew mentioning what had happened was off the table, mostly because Juki didn't want people to know what he was doing...most likely because people would start to complain and it'd only cause arguments knowing one Captain defeated another, causing unnecessary rivalries between Squads...there was that but also Kaizo knew Rio was close to Kurisa as he was her former Captain, but fighting him did knock sense into Kaizo...he was lacking still so much...despite being a Captain. "And what of you Rio? are you injured at all? also something seems to have changed about you...well...I suppose you'd tell me of this in your report correct? that is unless you changed your mind..."