After Yuri left Ben grabbed his own Data Pad and spoke calmly.
"Yuri Popov, showed mild hesitation when ordered to do an extreme act, however his heart appears to be in the right place, recommend the Commissariat keep a close eye on him during his training, however shows promise to change from a scared little boy into a full blown Coalition Combat Pilot once training is completed. Lt.Colonel Warner signing off" he spoke, flicking the recording function off and saving the file for the Commissariat to review later.
Mendel was still sipping his coffee, standing by the machine, occasionally pressing down with his boot on the hand of the recruit he had knocked senseless.
"Adalrich Herrmann," Mendel said. "I know that name... who was your father, son?"
Ichiro woke up after few hours. He was lying on the cold floor with lot of coffee smell around. He slightly chuckled but it sounded more like 20 years old dog coughing while Mendel was pressing down his hand.
"Just like old times on the New Tokyo. You had to let the boss go for coffee first." he mumbles for himself
As Ben re-entered the lobby he noticed that Mendel had some poor sod under his boot near the Coffee machine.
With a raised eyebrow he asked "Got in the way of Coffee?" before turning his gaze on the mildly battered and bruised applicant under Mendel's boot.
"Once you free yourself come into my Office...And don't stop to clean yourself up, time is of the essence." he commented before turning sharply on his boot's heel and returning to his office, sitting down in his chair in a relaxed posture and reloading his TT-33 just incase.
"Ian Swatch Sir" Said Ian placing the gun to his head. With his idiot grin plastered all over his face you could be forgiven for thinking he didn't know what it was.