Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4010415-20141223120240/@comment-14909251-20141231192018

MetallicArcher wrote: That's how I imagined their relationship back when Monty originally made that journal post for the Combat Uniform design contest.

However, assuming Coco is the team leader (likely considering the placement of her initial in the acronym, her position in the opening and her overall attitude during Breach) the way she talked to Velvet did not give me that vibe. If they relationship was "we don't like you but you are useful so we will tolerate you", she wouldn't have gone the extra mile to stop mid battle to explain why she didn't think Velvet should deploy her weapon, she would have stopped at giving out the order of not interfering, even less justifying her decision as not wanting Velvet to waste away the effort she put into building her weapon. There was nothing friendly in their interaction. It was strictly strategy. Velvet didn't need to take action so she was told not to do it and given a good reason why. Basically, she was told to conserve her resources for a time when it might actually be necessary. At this moment there is nothing there to deduce other than Velvet being a good person who likes her teammates and her teammates not outright despising her.

I am not even suggesting they don't like her, though. You can be cold and distant to someone due to prejudice that has no bearing on a person as an individual. What I am suggesting is that they do not really want to be around her outside combat and training because they are not really comfortable being around a Faunus generally, thus they treat her with indifference in their normal school activities.