"You don't have to worry about embarrassing me with words or anything like that; you should know by now that I'm supposed to be a professional. Speaking of that even if I had wanted to have a different dragon I would have to apply for reassignment eventually after attempting to serve with you."<br/><br/>The Major again looked over to her before he started to move, hoping that she would walk with him. In the meantime he allowed himself to continue listening to her story and while he was deeply disappointed that she had not previously divulged any of that, he wasn't going to hold it against her for having kept it private in spite of the fact that his better judgment said otherwise.<br/><br/>"Someone who is brave might still have those issues; they would merely act contrary to them in spite of having them. If you truly do not lie any more, if you tell me the truth from now on...that would be what bravery is. Overcoming issues takes more bravery than lacking them to begin with."<br/><br/>He then sighed, looking her over once more, "I assume that you will still be coming down with me to report, right? Whether you like it or not, and regardless of whatever it was that had happened in the past, you're in the Dragon Corps now and you're not going to be able to get released from it, just like how I signed up and have to at least serve out my duty contract."<br/><br/>Having paused one last time he stopped moving and then looked her square in the eye as he spoke the next bit, "...I trust you know now that I'm not going to be like the others in your life were." While he wasn't suggesting that they had a romance like she had figured, he was saying that he would treat her more nobly than she had been used to.