[sup][@13org][@Fetzen][/sup] [hr] "It's fine, apology accepted." He said to her in response. He'd listen to her explain herself and why she was in a less than friendly disposition. It was all very reasonable and understandable to the point of being dull. Her expression though, that was quite surprising. It didn't escape him how oddly cute it was on her. That contrast between this serious, competent officer and [i]that[/i], it was just too amusing and amusing. He had to turn away, lest she thought he wasn't taking her seriously which he didn't want to do. Yet as he cracked a smile in privacy, he felt an urge to poke tease just a bit. "Oh, so you do got another side to you. A rather soft and fluffy one." He said to her with a slight chuckle. He felt the urge to rib her just a bit more, but decided to wrap it up as he didn't want to provoke a sword fight with her. Although a friendly spar with would probably be fun, but this wasn't the time for it. He'd add, "Don't worry Cap' we'll be good soldiers and follow your commands." He had fun deflating the heavy and serious tone of the woman. His joviality would drop for a brief second as he'd say, "Anyway, let's get this done and reconvene with the others afterwards. Hopefully it should be useful meeting with them. At the very least we should be able to get some food for everyone, I don't about you but I'm not a pigeon so stale bread isn't really enjoyable for me." While he was far from being confident in their victory, he didn't let himself get psyched out. Complications were inevitable, but if one could adapt and improvise properly, even an unfavorable situation can be reversed.