Aleks held his salute firm despite the beating sun. He had been standing here for a while trying to listen to the drill sergeants yelling but it all sort of just melted into a continuous noise that he didn’t care enough about to decipher. It was probably something about them being failures and they’re never going to make it and overall stuff he didn’t need to hear. He instead started watching some birds circle overhead, like the massive group was just another carcass to be picked to the bone. He was sure that was how the drill instructor saw it. Stifling a yawn and scratching his back Aleks realized he was letting his guard down. He snapped his arms back to the salute position and tried to focus on the old mans words. All he did was rant and rave though, and his eyes had dark rings and were sunken in. Had this guy not slept since the wall fell? It definitely wouldn’t be a surprise. For now all Aleks could do was stand in line like a good little soldier boy and hope that maybe he was short enough not to be noticed by the old man if he went picking on people.