"I Called First!"

"Lift your heads. I understand the desperation you feel, but lowering your heads this easily to me might just lower my good impressions of you two." Red tells the couple.

The couple immediately straighten their postures out of panic.

Red still sees the worry in their eyes however.

"I'm not going to fire you two." His preface drops the couple's stiff shoulders.

"But you did make things move faster than I had estimated." He shrugs.

The couple are confused, but they stay quiet.

"Come with me." Red tells them as he makes his way to the door.

After a short walk, the three arrive at the training yard where Kotone, Yoshiko, and the children are waiting.

"…" Kotone and Yoshiko give the couple strange gazes.

"…" The couple has noticed those looks from the two young women since yesterday.