Falken (Horus)/Side Tale 4

===The Trouble===
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Dialogue
Esper Union. Raven's Office.
In the office, Raven had just finished her work for the morning, and was about to stand up from her eat.
: Raven, do you have a moment?
Falken. Horus. Union Ops Commander.
: Of course. Falken, it's rare for you to come visit me.
Raven. Odin. Union Hub Director, Ops Chief.
: Is it something urgent?
: No... nothing urgent. I just wanted to have a chat with you.
: Sure, please have a seat.
Falken sat down on the chair across Rave. As he did this, Raven perceived an unusual, confused expression on Falken's face.
: Did something at work bother you?
: ...
: Bullseye. That's exactly it.
: Tell me more about it.
: I don't know... I always feel that when my subordinates are in front of me, they seem to be a bit...
: A bit... tense.
: Tense?
: Yes. For example, recently I noticed that David has been asking a lot of people about my past "partner". He seems to be very curious about that.
: So, one day, I decided to call him to my office and answer his question myself--
: But on that day, David never came. After that, he took three days off...
Raven seemed to be stunned by this incident as well, and her expression froze for a brief moment.
: So, you are bothered because of this?
: There's more.
: There was another time, when I was just dazing in the corridor, and Mona happened to approach me.
: She asked me what I was doing, so I answered her honestly that I was just dazing.
: But to my surprise, that seemed to give her a wrong impression.
: Wrong impression? You mean...
: Later on, I discovered that the youngster around me had somehow started a trend of "birdwatching".
: So, I asked them why they are doing it, and they told me that Mona said birdwatching will help improve their work.
: ...
: Then when I went and questioned Mona later on, she seemed surprised by this too, and told me that she didn't plan on telling anyone this secret...
: Ahem.
: Anything else?
: On another occasion, I once mentioned casually that fishing helps to improve an Ops Chief's survivability in the field.
: Now every time I ask them about their plans for the weekend, they always tell me that they are going fishing--
: They even have a temporary "fishing club" now.
Raven finally burst out laughing.
: Is this really that ridiculous?
: Sorry, sorry.
: But I don't think you have to worry about those things at all.
: But...
: They are acting like that because they respect you deeply and have a high regard toward you.
: It's just that they chose some really strange ways to express their affection for you.
: Really?
: Actually, after all these incidents, I've been reflecting on my relationship with my subordinates, wondering if I went wrong somewhere.
: And your conclusion is?
Falken shook his head.
: You are doing great, don't doubt yourself over these things.
: You are who you are.
: It is your own personality and charm that allows other people to respect and believe in you.