Raballo, Claudio

クラウディオ・ラバロ

He served as an agent of Section 2, acted as Claes's handler, and was a former member of the Carabinieri. Following a forced retirement caused by a leg injury, Captain Raballo was contacted by Jean, who proposed that he join Section 2 as a handler for a child assassin. In exchange, Raballo would be permitted to rejoin the Military Police within three years. While working with Section 2, Raballo spent considerable time with Claes outside the SWA, introducing her to a normal life, particularly through fishing. He also instructed Claes on the importance of patience and supported her existing fondness for reading. Ultimately, however, he could not reconcile himself with what had been done to the girls of the SWA or with the expectations placed upon him and Claes as a fratello, so Raballo departed. Because of the strong bond that forms between a girl and her handler, this departure rendered Claes ineffective as an assassin, since it was effectively impossible to assign a new handler once a fratello had bonded.