Taren watches hands, doors and the safest way through a crowd. He is practical more often than eloquent, deeply protective of people he considers his own and drawn toward problems where physical courage can create an immediate answer.
Instructor Deme Rusk teaches through harsh preparation. Survival, boarding drills and combat doctrine turn Taren’s loyalty into a disciplined capacity for force. The Academy does not regard his protective instincts as a weakness; it discovers how useful they can become.