Romanov shuddered, then jerked his head, as if chasing away some kind of obsession. - And I'm glad that he's back. Andrey said this sincerely, but Gronin still cast a sharp glance at the guy. "I know you two have a bad relationship," he said. "It's partly my fault. You know yourself that Oleg is hot-tempered and often acts like a kid. And since we're talking about him, I want to ask you to be smarter and not react to his provocations." - I understand. I'll just try to stay as far away from him as possible. - Fine. There was a long pause. Gronin sipped his tea, Andrei tapped his fingers on the table. Both were lost in their own thoughts: Andrei on what he'd just heard, Pavel on the fact that he was getting old. "So," the colonel finally broke the silence. "As I was saying, I have a task for
