As Lennon entered the gate, his unit crowding behind him and faced with an unknown he wasn't sure he was quite ready to accept, he had one single thought.
Clearing this gate as quickly as possible.
One thing to note about the young man was his aversion to conflict; whenever possible, he avoided violence.
Contrary to what his appearance might suggest, Lennon Addams was a kind and gentle soul who had been raised to believe that most battles could be settled with words rather than force. It was an odd truth given that he had spent much of his life fighting and now found himself enrolled in one of the country's most prestigious military academies.
Martial arts had always been a constant in Lennon's life. His father was a dojo master, and his mother came from a family of fighters, so it surprised no one when he took up the discipline at a young age.
