Once their complaints were out of the way, everyone regarded Rukelion curiously. "Your name is May? What squad were you in before this? I don't recognize you."
"…I only joined up today," he admitted.
Everyone gaped at him, especially Conrad. "No wonder Armistead told me to explain things to you! But how did you skip so many ranks right from the get-go?! I've never heard of that happening!"
A dozen curious pairs of eyes were on him now and he felt distinctly awkward. He couldn't let it show if he wanted to make a good impression here. And he needed to so he could destroy his enemy from the inside out.
"Major Armistead had me fight some people on the training grounds and I beat them all so he sent me here," Rukelion said truthfully. "I had prior training."
