[ he -- blinks, eyes widening slightly, before he settles into a thoughtful frown. Suzaku considers that, but after a moment -- he shakes his head. ]
I can understand why you might expect that, Dr. Reid, but -- in this case, I believe you're mistaken. We've faced a great deal as a group, and... with the exception of one incident a while back, I don't think there's been a great deal of dissent. Everyone who has joined has been committed to protecting the people in this time. [ it's something he screens for ] And I think this shared goal has been enough, so far, to unite us.
But I know we all come here as strangers to one another, so I assign random partners for patrol to help us all learn one another's strengths and weaknesses. To help us learn to work as a team.
[...he smiles a little bit, sadly.]
Recently that hasn't seemed to be enough. So I'm trying to do better.