Tapo'hatam continued to stand at attention in the corner of the room, careful not to be seen leaning against the wall as the Commanders arrived. Out of habit he acknowledged Chuka'Mdaham first with a Sangheili salute. His eyes narrowed suspiciously when the human Commander introduced himself as being a part of ONI. Being on the opposite side of the war Tapo'hatam was familiar with the human intelligence organization, but his more recent experiences had anything but polite as many Sangheili volunteered for 'debriefing' by the agents as part of the deal that was allowing them to work with the human military.

Tapo'hatam had been aggressively and rudely questioned at length on everything having to do with their technology, the events leading up to the splintering of the Covenant, what he knew of the blessed rings... Everything that could possibly be of interest to their scientists, historians, and warriors. What irritated him the most was the questions they asked they often knew the answers to better than Tapo'hatam himself. Which means they were trying to see if he was being deceitful. An insult which has resulted in a few awkward moments when Tapo'hatam had pinned an particularly foolish interrogator up against the shatter proof glass and threatened to tear the man's tongue out for daring to imply that the Sangheili were surrendering or changing sides because the humans were stating to win. It was a burst of anger he regretted, but one that he was held blameless for once it became clear the interrogator had gone off script with his questions.

Tapo'hatam saluted the ONI Commander regardless, knowing it would be expected of him. When it was announced that they would not being until the last of those summoned arrived for the briefing, Tapo'hatam let out a grunt of dissatisfaction. It was one thing to waste one's personal time, but what agent could think themselves important enough to delay an entire meeting. He was quick to let the irritation slide though, perhaps there was a good reason. A training exercise gone overdue? Or perhaps they were in another briefing...

Fortunately they did not have to wait long. Tapo'hatam watched the human all but perform a sports game slide into the room and quickly take a chair, barely outpacing a pair of their 'military police'. Another human curiousity. They had warriors... specifically to police their warriors. The concept of a warrior needing anything other than the authority or combat prowess of their commander to police their actions was a foreign concept. In Tapo'hatam's mind the closest thing he could equate it to was when some of the Covenant races had to drive their Unggoy soldiers towards a battle when all the little methane breathers wanted to do was run in the opposite direction.

Human disciplinary matters aside, Tapo'hatam was more eager to find out what they had been summoned for.

"Your em-Pees seem overmatched, sir," Tapo'hatam said, moving along the wall to stand behind and to the left of Lucy's chair, "we are accounted for now. If it is agreeable, I will relieve the em-Pees of their burden with this one so that we may move on with the briefing. Unless she is to be remanded to the brig immediately?" Tapo'hatam's eyes were focused on the ONI Commander, not even offering Lucy a glance. Interacting with the human chain of command was always a shaky step. Technically his rank was equivalent to the demons- Spartans, but it usually took a grand amount of patience or quiet threats for a human to recognize that.