Graff listened to both Walter and Perkins, before the debriefing started Graff had expected to be laid into.  He had expected it to be ridiculously brutal, he screwed up and he knew it.  In the end though it was no where near as bad as it should have been, panicking after Walter went down and bouncing off the mechbay were both inexcusable.  It came to no surprise to him that he was removed as a leader of the scout lance, his Marauder really had no business being in a lance that required quick movement.  Then there was the part about being given a mentor/apprenticeship was odd, he didn't know what to make of it or what effect it would have.  He was even more surprised when his tactical sense was 'praised', but at this point he was so down on himself by that point that it barely registered on his face.<br/><br/>Throughout the rest of the briefing Graff just sat there passively throwing out an "Affirmative" or "Yes, Sir" when appropriate.<br/><br/>Somehow after all the bad Perkins is going to give them some compliments, the only one he could think of is the fact that no one died and we were all able to walk our mechs into Bastion on our own power.  Even after all of that there still was maintenance and armor replacement and anti-infantry training.<br/><br/>