He tilted his head, only breaking his intense gaze off the younger man to give the waitress a wide smile as she brought around a dessert without being asked. Excellent. He had the staff here well trained to recognize his needs then. He looked back to the teenager before him, noting how he was sitting in his seat, how much food was in front of him.

"Your recent mission did not go as cleanly as it should have."

It was a statement, not a question.