Part 1-Black
How did we get this way?
What way?
Why did we have to fight?
When did we fight?
Light, you are worthless some of the time.
All of the time.
The Guide through Enlightenment
Academia can be a very comfortable position in our times. Whether you can manage to secure a slot in the Floating Dome or the University beneath, there is one place all students dream of attending. If you are lucky, smart, and have an aptitude for the Power, you too can study at[/]"Sweety, why won't you look at me?" Mom looked like she would start crying any minute, an activity that would undoubtedly cause her heavy mascara to start running.
-Mom, I told you to stop calling me that-
"I don't know what's making you so cranky. I got you the Ether connection just like you asked, I don't come into your room anymore…what have I done?"
The sniffles started to bother me. I wish that she would just cry, dammit, or at least stop pretending to. I had vowed to give her the silent treatment, but finally I spoke just to shut her up.
-You forgot to get the scrambler-
She paused.
-You didn't forget, did you-You just decided that it would be easier-
"Honey, that's in the tech district! Do you know what the Hall would do if they found out that I was going there? I might lose my position at the Dome-"
-If you don't pick it up, I won't get a position at the Dome, let alone the University-
That got her. With competition just to get into the Aes Sedai so high right now, I'd be lucky to get into the Gaters with my aptitude tests. And she knew it. She gave it one last try.
"I just don't think that it's fair for them to say that you'll only be good at History. You have so much potential-"
-And that's all I'll ever have, unless I can get into the Game-
"I-"
-I could always join Sanitation-
She gave me a dirty look.
"Alright, fine. But this is the –absolute- last time that I'll give in…what was the name I'm supposed to tell the guy?"
-Tell him Ishmael sent you-
She nodded and left. Moms are so easy.