Jericho had spent the early morning before the briefing sharpening his scythe and grumbling about the demotion. James had had every intention of ambushing Jericho the moment he was away from a crowd and that hallway had been perfect for just such an ambush. Hell, Lana had even defended Jericho against his former CO, saying that James had had it out for him since he requested the transfer, among other things. In the end though, he'd still fought with another member of SeeD and the result was a demotion. Now he'd use the next few months regaining his rank instead of earning a promotion to the next one. The scythe as sharp as it would get, he had arrived at the briefing just ahead of Gracelyn and now he sat listening to everything rather than interjecting. In fact, Jericho was rather interested to hear how Duncan would reply to her question.