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good track. We may finally be entitled to two
children. Finally ... you will finally be entitled.”
It always has to be put into perspective, we are
human. There is also a 23% chance that I am not
human. I didn't even know what the other races
were. Mother never spoke to me about it, and I was
not allowed to ask my father questions. Mother said
that if I did not know anything about them, I would
not want to become like them, so my chances of
remaining human will be higher. But they intrigued
me. I had only seen humans during my long and
boring 19 years, and I was in my twenties, so I finally
had to participate in the membership ceremony. She
got up and gave me my bag for a week, which was
the duration of the ceremony, which I found rather
short. She accompanied me to my father whom I
should never look into my eyes. I didn't even know
the color of her eyes. Law 3 said that defying one's
father or mother in any way was a crime. My father
was very strict. My father and I never spoke to each
other. Or at least, I was not allowed to speak in his
presence without his permission. No sooner had I
had time to be in her presence than we heard a loud
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