[ She tilts her head to the side, her smile still small but a little firmer now. ] That's why I got into trouble the first time too. He wanted us to pick three people and find out their weaknesses, tell him how we'd kill them if we had to. I refused to do it. [ And it had hurt her so badly. She still wakes up with the phantom ache of her memories some time. ]

I'm sick of people thinking that it's the only way. It isn't. Killing people just because somebody tells you too? Why? Because of a test? I'd rather fail.