いや別に後輩たちから慕われたいからとかいう訳ではないけどやはり艦隊の旗艦を務める際により円滑に行動するにはコミュニケーションはとても大切な物なので仕方ないことなのよ。大体私自分で言うのもなんだけれど割と年下の子の面倒を見たりするの好きだし可愛がったりするタイプなのに駆逐艦の子とか目が合っただけで怯えるし…まぁ別に落ち込んだりしてないし別にいいんだけれど。この子だってもっと慕ってくれてもいいんじゃないの？声かけるといつもビクってするしいや別に気にしてないけど。なんならお姉ちゃんとか呼んでくれても全然いいのだけれど。そういえば最近母親のように振る舞って甘えさせるのが流行ってると夕張と秋雲が話してるのを聞いたような…。

Oh no, it's not to say that I want the kouhais to adore me or anything—that isn't the case at all—it is simply that communication is something quite important for mobilizing smoothly when I act as the fleet flagship, so it can't be helped. In general, if I do say so myself, I'm the type who likes caring for and shows affection toward the relatively younger girls, and yet the destroyer girls become scared just by meeting my gaze.... Well, I'm not especially depressed by this, so it doesn't matter, but still...wouldn't be all right for even this girl to adore me more? Every time I talk to her, she jumps—well, not like that particularly bothers me. I'd be perfectly fine with her calling me "Oneechan" if she's so inclined, though. Come to think of it, I think I heard Yuubari and Akigumo talking about how acting like someone's mother and letting them indulge themselves has come into fashion recently...