[He frowns after Newton's anger, idly wondering the source while he considers their options. In truth, he doesn't know what else to do with Newton here.

Hermann accepts his tea with a flicker of a smile]

I can't say; neither of us made it past that point. I was exempted from combat training as soon as they ran my numbers.

[That had stung a bit, but was to be expected. He'd only just managed to slip through the first few weeks without drawing attention to himself. If not for their desperation and his brain, he doubts they would've kept him at all]

I know they run a simulation before the pilots enter a Jaeger for the first time, but we can't exactly replicate that.