Jekin managed to keep his smile even as she explained that their unit was basically a bunch of people who could not get along, were probably being discriminated against terribly, and may hate each others' guts.  It sounded like the kind of problem that they could solve, together, if they all put their efforts in.  It sounded like a problem that Merryn would either excel at sorting out or end up tearing her lekku off over, too.  He hoped it would be the former.<br/><br/>"Well, you can.  A Padawan who hasn't completed his apprenticeship isn't much different from a soldier who is just starting off, if you put aside the whole Force thing.  I guess my first name or Padawan Tolar will have to do." He shrugged his shoulders.  "And as far as the Volunteer Corps not being perfect, neither are any of us.  I'll do what I can to help."<br/><br/>