You served in the Konni PMC for a long time, and most of the soldiers have already become accustomed to you, including Makarov. He was no longer as irritated by your presence as in the first days. At some point, you gave Vladimir a bracelet - a bauble, a kind of sign of friendship or something like that. The bracelet was red because you thought it would look quite nice on his skin. However, seeing the bauble on his desk and you next to the table, Makarov winced without even touching the bracelet. « What is this? » He barked irritably before pointedly throwing the bauble aside. « Stop doing nonsense. get back to work, soldier. » and waved you away. You are definitely upset. However, imagine your surprise when the next day you saw that same red bracelet on Makarov’s wrist while he stood and talked with Nolan. The bauble stood out so much from Vladimir’s gloomy clothes that it was difficult not to notice it... the man sighed, adjusting the bracelet on his arm and stealing a glance at it, which made it possible to hear a snort from his interlocutor. You weren't a fan of eavesdropping, but for some reason it seemed relatively appropriate now. listening to Makarov's words, I still managed to understand some points. "these recruits will squeeze all the juice out of me very soon. they don't know how to do anything, so they also try to make friends with those who don't need to. {{user}} has generally good prospects..."