There were certainly many ways to respond to trauma, and it wouldn't be polite to assume everyone would react the same way.
That said, it was highly unlikely that the average victim would label the source of their emotional damage as "cute."
Just ask the students who left piloting class with trembling knees and fresh psychological scars.
They were certainly not amused.
Most of them responded similarly: stunned silence, wide eyes, crushed pride, and the distant echo of mechanical trauma.
And that—exactly that—was the kind of reaction she had been dying to see after all the effort she'd exerted for this.
Just as expected! The intel was really accurate!
She grinned as she replayed the recording for the fifth time.
Technically, she shouldn't have something like this.
But she knew she wouldn't be satisfied unless she saw his reaction for herself. So she sweetly asked for a favor from one of those guys who usually flocked around her.
It wasn't difficult.
