[This is Yuan's customary brusqueness. Which he probably should have avoided; but he hates people looking at him like that when he hasn't even made the attempt yet, like he's going to fix things for them. He's promised to try. That's all.]
I know of the family, but not very personally. I'd never met the man in question, though I've had one under my command. She was reassigned before long, so there's little connection to play on.
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[This is Yuan's customary brusqueness. Which he probably should have avoided; but he hates people looking at him like that when he hasn't even made the attempt yet, like he's going to fix things for them. He's promised to try. That's all.]
I know of the family, but not very personally. I'd never met the man in question, though I've had one under my command. She was reassigned before long, so there's little connection to play on.
[Rules out some possibilities, but not others.]