What's funny is, he's instinctively promoting himself as the source of the problem because he's so loud and aggressive, so CSFB! and the Lair Legion is reacting to that. They have very little hierarchal organization experience. Yuki might figure out the orders are coming from somewhere, but she works her way up the chain through intimidation.

One person with lots of hierarchal organization experience might feel the opposite way: The Psychic Samurai would interpret Hodgekiss' blustery, aggressive rhetoric as meaning he's a noisy cog in a big machine, and worth only ignoring even as he demands attention. She would want to know how far up his orders go instead, and would want to talk directly to whoever is in charge.

Though preventing that right now is the fact that Chiaki doesn't feel like it's any of her business. If she speaks on behalf of the Lair Legion she's placing herself at considerable risk, and CSFB! might not even accept anything she agrees to.





I hate last-minute writer's block.








You don't see Chiaki trying to take it over, either. She doesn't really see a point.





I'm making that a much more difficult decision for Faite now that she's bonding with everyone somewhat. She might take more time to research a workaround.





That's exactly what I mean - the Hood is busy, and doesn't have time to listen to Lara talk to him.