A Tangled Mess and Hares

[I never knew things would get this tangled. I didn’t know Mili-Tech would mobilize, and I certainly never imagined that bastard Regan Hares would show up as the Commander. No, should I consider that a relief instead? If it hadn’t been for him, it wouldn’t have ended this simply. It does feel uncomfortable being indebted to him, though…]

When Lieutenant Colonel Hares was right in front of him, he was overflowing with composure, but now that Hares is gone, he’s rambling.

I asked a safe question to calm Dragon President down.

“What kind of relationship do you have with that Lieutenant Colonel Hares? It’s too cutthroat to call him a friend, but too lukewarm to call him an enemy.”

Beggar, it’s too uncomfortable for that. But keeping him as an enemy is annoying. Right in the middle would be perfect. I thought I’d never see him again.]

“What’s with that scar on his eye? Are you sure you aren’t enemies?”

[As for that scar… it happened during the second war. I’ll just say it was a massive mess where enemies and allies flipped every time someone woke up from a night’s sleep. One day we met as enemies and I ruined his eyes, and another day we met as allies and I saved the blind Hares from a desperate crisis.

Plus and minus combined make zero. So doesn’t that mean there’s no debt of gratitude or grudge? At least that’s what I thought. That bastard Hares might think differently.]

Saying plus and minus combined makes zero; in the end, he’s still blind, so isn’t it a minus?

But actually, if you think about it, he isn’t crippled either...