Watching the near silent response of the candidate, Mendel shrugged.
"Right then... go... library... read... and I expect you to give me an informed answer... What is the Coalition..." He pointed to the door... Picking up his pistol as he followed the candidate out, looking over the four people in the room.
He lifted his pistol, humming the chorus to sweet Caroline as he looked over the rejects and second raters that had come thinking they actually stood a chance.
"You..." he said pointing to one at random... "Bust a move."
"Commissar?" the recruit mouthed in surprise.
"I am horrifically bored, and unless you start dancing, I am going to have to start shooting... starting with Hamburger over there... and probably hitting you two shots later..." He shrugged. "So dance!"