Falken (Horus)/Side Tale 2

===A Soft Spot===
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Dialogue
Near the Miracle. Supply Recovery Site.
: The Shadow Decree has discovered the supply recover point near this Miracle.
Falken. Horus. Union Ops Commander.
: Clock's ticking, we have to finish recovering by then end of the day.
: Bardon, you are in charge of loading up the supplies.
: OK.
Bardon. Baldr. Union Ops Chief.
: David, you and your team can work on cleaning up the remnants of the explosives.
: Sure thing, Commander!
David. Jason. Union Ops Chief.
: And the rest, come with me. We will be doing the counting and registering.
All: Yes, Commander!
: Falken led a small group of Union members as they walked towards the loading truck. After he walked away, David immediately went up to Bardon.
: Hey, Bardon.
: Me?
: Even though I've known the commander for a long time, he always appears as cool as a cucumber.
: Do you think he is always this concise and thorough, even outside of work.
Bardon gave a noncommittal laugh and hit David on the head with his knuckles.
: Ouch-- Bardon, you are way too rough on your colleague!
: How about you spend your time dealing with these explosion fragments instead of thinking about these things?
: I took a rough look, and every fragment is over eighty centimeters in diameter... If you're not going to move them, who will? Are you expecting those Miramon to help you?
: Fine, fine. I just wanted to know a bit more about our commander, that's all.
: What is Commander Falken like when he is relaxed... I'm pretty curious about it.
An hour later
: Do we seriously have to clear all these stuff off today? It feels like an impossible mission...
Looking at all the "work" that doesn't seem to decrease at all, David sighed. He then glanced at Bardon beside him. It looked like his progress was not going well either.
: This job really isn't easy at all.
: What's wrong?
: Commander Falken!
Before they realized it, Falken was already standing behind them. His gaze swept over all of the uncounted supplies piled up, then at the two of them.
: Give me a rope.
: Sure.
: Follow my lead.
Falken tied up a box of sorted supplies with the rope, and swiftly tied a stopper knot.
: This kind of knot is easy to tie, but it's very durable. Perfect for moving bulky supplies.
: And you can use it on some big fragments that are hard to carry, it's easy to... you got that?
: ... What's with those faces?
Bardon and David nodded their heads vigorously.
: Well then, go ahead-- what's wrong?
: Um, I', just thinking... maybe you are not as difficult to get along with as you look, Commander.
: Oh?
: And the technique you taught is very practical too.
: Technique? You mean the stopper knot?
: Yes.
: This... I learned it from someone else too, in the past.
: Keep it up.
 & : Yes Sir!
The two watched Falken as he drifted away. David's eyes followed the commander's back, his mind deep in thought.
: Yo, Bardon, did you notice that?
: Notice what?
: What commander just said, he mentioned "someone".
: So what?
: Did you see his face when he was tying that knot? It was... it was nothing like the usual Commander Falken.
: A little, I guess.
: He said he learned this knot "from someone else". Then he had this tender expression...
: Do you know that person he mentioned?
: Hah--
Bardon gave him a look, as if saying he's a fool.
: I suggest you go see Chloe immediately after we get back.
: See Chloe? Could she be the one Falken was talking about--
: What I meant was, let Chloe fix that head of yours.
: ...
: All right, now get to work!
: Even if we learned this knot, it'll still be a pain in the butt to finish moving all these supplies by today.