Adolin has heard, once at the beginning, and then rather more often once it was truly underway, that the Quarterbacks of a football team are sometimes referred to as "Generals" of the field. It is not hard to see why. Adolin spent a lifetime training for command, slowly shaping himself into a leader of men. But on a world untouched by war, the battles that even can be fought are altogether different. Leadership, too, seems to be something else; the same constituent parts, but pieced together into an unfamiliar whole. For all their similarity, for all the violence of the sport, players on a football field and soldiers on a battlefield are not nearly alike enough for the same style, the same kinds of incentives, to work in quite the same way.
Still, it would be perfect for him. He has remade himself before; he can see how he would do so again. He can see all that and more. The pride. The glory. The exultation of the QB above all others, paired with a crushing expectation: nothing less than total victory. He comes to a decision, then, standing in line before the Draft Registration. Leader, but not a king.
Adolin Collins fills out the form and forges a different path.
Still, it would be perfect for him. He has remade himself before; he can see how he would do so again. He can see all that and more. The pride. The glory. The exultation of the QB above all others, paired with a crushing expectation: nothing less than total victory. He comes to a decision, then, standing in line before the Draft Registration. Leader, but not a king.
Adolin Collins fills out the form and forges a different path.