User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 497: The Winter Mage, Review./@comment-73.191.17.103-20160818134854/@comment-25111584-20160818165348

IIRC, beating up Shadow Gear was something Gajeel did of his own volition and definitely enjoyed. It wasn't explicitly part of his assignment. The method used to provoke FT was left up to his discretion. But what do I know? I don't care about GaLe anyway and think both characters would have been better if it had never happened, although I still like them individually.