"Sounds good," Nick said, at least some enthusiasm being put into his voice. Even he could tell as he was that she had been worried about him, so the least he could do was try to make it sound like a shower and a few hours at a punching bag was all he needed. Nick simply sat, vaguely paying attention to either of the screens he had pulled up. Work would eventually pull him back to focus, just as it always had. It was a balancing act in his mind, between his thoughts and the information being fed to him. The difficulty in the task was small, but it was difficult nonetheless. Before long, three minutes of attention had passed and the food was done. When he heard the oven open, Nick was already standing, muting the TV and wandering over to the table.<br/><br/>He took his normal seat and began to eat, not bothering to taste everything all at once and instead preferring to enjoy the chicken first. Ava's question was the perfect dinner conversation to help ease him back into the role of commander. After taking a bit of the mashed potatoes, Nick set his fork down and thought for a moment as he chewed. "It'll be the same schedule as last time, though the drop outs may have to do something else as they wait, depending on if either of us can think of something similar," Nick explained. "I want nothing but obedience from new recruits, at least on the first few days or so. Just so they know that the fine print on their contracts was not simply fluff. If they don't follow an order, they get kicked out in much the same fashion as the batch you began training with. Though, if by some miracle they don't have a smartass, then I'll allow them to go with a bit more time and without threat of sniper fire."<br/><br/>Nick picked back up his fork and took another stab full of chicken, chewing on it before continuing. "As for actual day to day stuff, some days I'll do it and let you sleep in, some days we'll both do it, some days I'll leave it to you to handle. All I require for the first two weeks is that they build up their endurance and actually know how to fight properly. At least physically. Mentally... I guess I'm old fashioned. You know the idea of tearing someone down and building them back up? I don't think I go that far, but I like to make sure that they know both the chain of command and the brotherhood that comrades in arms have. If I can instill that in a batch of recruits by the time we move to weapons training, then I'll feel that I've done right by them. It's the whole point of the run, really. At least until they get used to it. You should remember that, right?"