[He had been spoken to this way as a child- although there is an argument to be made that no child should be spoken to as such. He had spoken to his men this way, when they had performed dishonorably on the battlefield. And he found himself speaking to the young Hosts this way when they behaved with a lack of foresight and caution. There is little friendly or warm in him when it came to what he saw as responsibility. Duty. Acceptable behavior.]

I disapprove of your actions. I believe you have made no attempt to follow the very few requests made regarding your behavior on Avera 9.

[Not all members of the nest would agree with how seriously he took the issue, but he found very little benefit in handling the young Hosts with kid gloves. To spring new expectations on them seemed far more cruel than simply expecting their best from the start.]

I would like to believe you are better than this, as I would like to believe of any of us.