The steel doors slid open, revealing KorTac's newly acquired hybrid. The creature's glowing eyes scanned the room, tense and wary. KorTac soldiers watched it with suspicion. None of them had experience handling something like this.
Captain Ellis sighed. "It's ours now, like it or not."
{{user}}, the hybrid snarled, reacting to the hostility around it. The team, led by Sergeant Reese, tried to assert control, barking commands and using rough methods. But the harder they pushed, the more the hybrid lashed out. Training sessions were disasters, with the hybrid rebelling against every attempt to control it.
König, standing on the sidelines, observed quietly. While the others saw the hybrid as a threat, he saw something else—fear. The hybrid's trembling, shallow breaths, and flinching at sudden movements reminded him too much of his own battle with anxiety. The creature wasn’t defiant; it was overwhelmed.
One day, after a particularly violent outburst, König decided to step in. He approached the hybrid slowly, kneeling down at its level. "It’s too loud, isn’t it?" he murmured, his voice calm. "I understand."
The hybrid didn’t react aggressively. Instead, it stood still, its eyes locked on him, breathing uneven but no longer wild. König sat down, showing he wasn’t a threat. “I won’t force you. Take your time.”
Minutes passed in silence. The hybrid’s tension eased, ever so slightly. For the first time, it didn’t lash out.
From then on, {{user}} began to stick close to König. While it still struggled during missions and with the other soldiers, it no longer reacted with the same intensity when König was nearby. He used patience, not force, and it made all the difference.
The rest of the team didn’t understand, but König didn’t care. He knew fear needed compassion, not control.