As Hayate spoke Fate had been drinking a sip of her tea. She had nearly sputtered her tea out of her mouth at Hayate's bluntness. "Hayate!" she said coughing a bit from taking in too much of the liquid at one time. She gently wiped her mouth with a cloth. "That was pretty blunt you know." she said to her.<br/><br/>Signum much like her long time friend and comrade was also slacked jawed at Hayate's boldness. About the only thing worse would have been if she had said.<em>"Hey you two like each other so go fuck already."</em><em></em>To say the Commander was suddenly red-faced was quite the shock and even she couldn't believe Hayate had actually said that.