Mason was glad when the announcement rang and called the recruits for dinner in the cafeteria. He assumed his normal process of pushing through the hallways and nearly ran over a couple people on the way. He entered the cafeteria and looked around, his eyes searching for an empty seat. 

His eyes landed on the closest seat, about a foot from a group of girl, one of whom he instantly pinned as a Principle girl([@karamonnom]). He sat beside the girl, not speaking or making eye contact. He did his best to ignore the obnoxiously loud recruits in the room, but he found himself becoming irritated by the volume. When the speech came, he watched the man, Nau Kent, intently. 

He seemed confident, but the façade seemed to be cover some kind of stress. When the servers brought the food out, Mason filled his plate and began eating rather wolfishly. He was sure that his table manners were no where close to adequate for the principle recruits, but if they were paying him any attention, he didn't notice or care