First, he was not particularly respectful of authority. Just the way he slouched in a chair while talking to the Hokage was indication of that.
Second, his seeming inattention of his environment was completely false. She had no doubt that if anything with a threat level higher than a fly entered the room, Ranma would have assessed it and been able to keep track of it without drawing further attention to himself.
Third, he was very very confident in his own abilities.
Kurenai determined all this while the Hokage gave her the breakdown of this assignment. Ranma was a representitive of the Time Space Administration Bureau, and that these were a police force from another world somehow. Ranma was a taijutsu expert, not a "mage" like Naruto. He was mainly here to observe things and then report back to Mid-Childa, who wanted mainly to see what kind of allies they were getting here.
"My 'animal companion' - is there a problem with having one?" asked Ranma eventually.
"No, not at all," said Kurenai. "What kind of animal?"
"Uhm, better you see her tomorrow, she's been getting a little big lately," said Ranma. "Besides-"
"Tarre is a good girl!" said an odd-sounding voice from the window.
"Tarre, you weren't supposed to follow me," mock-scolded Ranma. "Not yet at least."
A large scaly head stuck in one of the Hokage's windows. "Tarre lonely."
Kurenai checked for genjutsu, then blinked. "That's a dragon."
"Yeah, everyone points that out as if it weren't obvious," said Ranma, scratching his head. "Okay, first I thought she was some kind of Chinese lizard dog, but still."
"It's not so much that it isn't obvious, it's more a case of wanting to verify that everyone else sees it and you're not the recipient of some genjutsu," said Kurenai.
"After Ranma has compiled his report," said the Hokage, "the Mid-Childan authorities will be deciding whether to rotate Ranma out for another observer or if Ranma prefers to stay here."
"I'm mainly looking for new martial arts manuevers and skills," said Ranma. "They want me to look around, I want to learn new 'jutsu' and stuff."
"Very well, then," said Kurenai, eyeing the 15ft dragon whose head was still in the office. "Though there are going to be missions where your animal companion will be difficult to sneak in."
Ranma shrugged. "You got lakes and such. She likes lakes."
"Oh, there's a river. Fishies. Tarre likes fishies."
"This group really isn't well suited to 'paint the fence' style D-missions," said Kurenai.
"So, you'll have to get them through those and into C-Rank as soon as possible," advised the Hokage.
The next morning,
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