[Locke]

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Originally Posted by XW1n5t0nX

Appearances aren't everything. A person can be strong without being ripped to the trim with muscles or looking like they've been through thousands of battles. People's body shapes and forms are different and grow differently. Somebody can be strong and look like Sylvester Stallone in his heyday, and another can be equally as strong but not be as toned and muscular. It all just comes down to the person's body shape/form.

There is still a hardening that happens to the body when trained to a military standard. Most Riders are impossibly soft and skinny given the kind of training and violence we're supposed to believe they endure.