He's twenty years older than I am. [ What point she was trying to get across with that statement, even Tear didn't know for sure. It hardly helped in finding a way to disprove whatever Jade had implied logically, but it was the first thing that came to mind as she sighed quietly, willing her blush to lessen as best she could.

Leave it to him to plant such implications and take the joke as far as he could. ]

The colonel is a trusted ally, he just so happens to have a sense of humour that comes at the expense of others.

[ ... Though, a small part of her felt guilty for the relief that did come, hearing that the implication had been misdirected. ]

I... wouldn't be surprised if others saw the fliers and thought the same. It seems that everyone has come to recognise us as a team, and the high compatibility in the results seemed to reaffirm that.