[ he glances down, smile widening, laced with secrets in everything he could say to that. he knows everything about leading with little time. ]

Ah, but that's the point, isn't it? What time do we have? [ admittedly, he is posturing a little, if only in the fact that he's not been here more than half a day and can't hope to understand the inner workings of ALAISTAR and their reasonings for any of this as much as he hopes to. but he was a leader (no, still is) and he can make an educated guess. ]

These creatures will never take precedence over recruits. [ a beat. ] Or be treated with the same standing.

[ and an uncaring shrug. ] Certainly, they should be treated well enough so they last. But this is their place, now.