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And if sometimes, in the secret darkness of our heart, we regret that which befell us on our fifteenth birthday, we know that it was through our own guilt. We had broken a law, for we had not paid heed to the words of our Teachers. AND IF SOMETIMES IN THE SECRET DARKNESS OF OUR HEART WE REGRET THAT WHICH BEFELL US ON OUR FIFTEENTH BIRTHDAY WE KNEW THAT IT WAS THROUGH OUR OWN GUILT WE HAD BROKEN A LAW FOR WE HAD NOT PAID HEED TO THE WORDS OF OUR TEACHERS
y 7-2521, were not happy in those years in the Home of the Students. It was not that the learning was too hard for us. It was that the learning was too easy. This is a great sin, to be born with a head which is too quick. It is not good to be different from our brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them. The Teachers told us so, and they frowned when they looked upon us. So we fought against this curse. We tried to forget our lessons, but we always remembered. We tried not to understand what the Teachers taught, but we always understood it before the Teachers had spoken. We looked upon Union 5-3992, who were a pale boy with only half a brain, and we tried to say and do as they did, that we might be like them, like Union 5-3992, but somehow the Teachers knew that we were not. And we were lashed more often than all the other children. The Teachers were just, for they had been appointed by the Councils, and the Councils are the voice of all justice, for they are the voice of all men. RE NOT HAPPY IN THOSE YEARS IN THE HOME OF THE STUDENTS IT WAS NOT THAT THE LEARNING WAS TOO HARD FOR US IT WAS THAT THE LEARNING WAS TOO EASY THIS IS A GREAT SIN TO BE BORNE WITH A HEAD WHICH IS TOO QUICK IT IS NOT GOOD TO BE DIFFERENT FROM OUR BROTHERS BUT IT IS EVIL TO BE SUPERIOR TO THEM THE TEACHERS TOLD US SO AND THEY FROWNED WHEN THEY LOOKED UPON US SO WE FOUGHT AGAINST THIS CURSE WE TRIED TO FORGET OUR LESSONS BUT WE ALWAYS REMEMBERED WE TRIED NOT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TEACHERS TAUGHT BUT WE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD IT BEFORE THE TEACHERS HAD SPOKEN WE LOOKED UPON UNION FIVE THREE NINE NINE TWO WHO WERE A PALE BOY WITH ONLY HALF A BRAIN AND WE TRIED TO SAY AND DO AS THEY DID THAT WE MIGHT BE LIKE THEM LIKE UNION FIVE THREE NINE NINE TWO BUT SOMEHOW THE TEACHERS KNEW THAT WE WERE NOT AND WE WERE LASHED MORE OFTEN THAN ALL THE OTHER CHILDREN THE TEACHERS WERE JUST FOR THEY HAD BEEN APPOINTED BY THE COUNCILS AND THE COUNCILS ARE THE VOICE OF ALL JUSTICE FOR THEY ARE THE VOICE OF ALL MEN
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