Clicking his mandibles at James' words Kal gladly took the tray and followed behind the human. Glancing over the food he really only saw the steak to his liking; it resembled some of the meats on Sangheilios......generally. 

  Without much thought he took three streaks and piled them up on his tray, then strode towards the nearest table and gestured to it after glancing to James, "Care to take a seat? If you wouldn't rather eat with your human comrades...." 
  
  Rethea watched them both with darkened eyes, mind half focused on the conversation she was listening to through her comm. Juso had just asked the human Ambassador a question, when the ODST Cassandra spoke to her. 
  Blinking Rethea came back to their world, and let out a small snort before grabbing a tray and moving over to the line of food. A human stood at the other side of the counter, to whom she cast a small glance and saw that he was staring at her and Kal; as were most of the humans in the room. 

  Ignoring the looks, Rethea placed a single steak on her tray and moved over towards one of the empty tables located nearby Kal's. She didn't want to sit with any humans at the moment.....

 Taking a seat she stared down at her food, then made a small groaning sound and looked to those around her. She caught many of the marines casting uneasy glances towards her, and unbeknownst to them she picked up on their quiet conversations. 

 "I didn't think they'd send a female as the Ambassador's guard....." 

"I didn't think they'd trust ANY Sangheili with our people. Female or not, you remember what they did to our kind! What happens if she's here to assassinate our own Ambassador?" 

  Growling slightly Rethea looked down at her food and spoke so that the men could hear her, "If I were here to assassinate someone I would have done it already." 
 She grabbed the odd human utensil called a "Fork" and poked her meat, while the men from the other table gathered their things and moved to another part of the cafeteria. She heard them muttering amongst themselves, and a small smirk came to her mandibles. 

  It was then that she heard Ambassador Hays answer Juso's question, and her gaze drifted to the corner of the room where the ODST named Cassandra was seated. What she heard of her past made her tilt her head. The human was present in the fall of Reach........that would explain her attitude towards the Sangheili. 

  Rolling her shoulders, Rethea's blue eyes lowered and she pulled a chunk of meat away from the steak. Popping it into her mouth her mandibles worked to flay the piece apart, then she swallowed. 
  It tasted odd compared to Sangheilios' meat, but bearable.

From Kal's table, the male Sangheili watched his friend eat, then turned to James, "I apologize for my commander's actions......she has not been away from our home planet before and she is slowly getting used to meeting your kind......believe it or not she really is kind....and enjoyable when she's relaxed." 

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 Juso had listened to Christina's explanation intently while looking over the datapad that the woman handed him. 
He was incredibly familiar with the attack on Reach. At the time he had been a major in battle........and sadly he had been sent on many missions to.....eradicate....the humans. 

  Not mentioning this, he nodded and looked up, "I understand why the Captian would react in such a way. I know many of my own kind who have experienced a similar history, and they act much the way Wellens does."

  Taking a moment to think he added, "I simply asked, because my own guard Rethea, has similar views to your race. Many of her family had perished in the war, while many more had abandoned her in the past few years. With that said; the stories she heard of your people during the war poisoned her mind........I reffered her to the Arbiter simply because I believed this mission would aid in removing that poison.......and her skill set proved as one of the best on Sangheilios." 

  He remembered Kal and chuckled, "Her choice to bring her comrade Kal with her has only heightened that chance. He is a rather easy going fellow and he is most curious about you humans......I hope his presence will help her settle more easily."