Meanwhile, halfway across the galaxy on Vanguard Station, Noah drove his fist into a combat training dummy with enough force to crack its reinforced casing.
[Training Hall 7 - Vanguard Station]
The restricted training facility was one of the few places Team 7 was allowed to go under their house arrest. Two guards stood by the entrance, monitoring their activities while pretending not to watch every move they made.
Noah moved through combat sequences with the kind of focused intensity that came from having too much anger and nowhere productive to channel it. Their normal station issued gear locked in station armory, so he trained hand-to-hand against AI opponents programmed to adapt to his fighting style.