"It's not even Probation that I'm scared of. I'm not even worried about the tests. I don't even know what scares me more-- staying here in this encaged space or leaving. Though, that's not even the real reason why I'm most scared. What about Kye? What if we're not chosen together? Or one is chosen and not the other? It angers me, I have not one idea on how my life will play out. Time stops to smack me across the face before giving me a chance to decide what I want to do. Time is so selfish. Because of how weak and small this part of the nation is we need the Highlands to extend their resources. We are nothing without the clothing, food, or electricity they've provided for us. The resources we get from them are the last tie to the outside world. The only way to survive is by keeping the Probation spirit alive. I hate it. How could I not? If I'm chosen they've basically stolen my life. I'm already sentenced to death. The Highlands have always been Quarant and Deimos. And I live in small Carnival, and I am eighteen."
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