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"What is this?" Evelyn demands.
"This," he says, only to me, "is the information that will change everything."
Tris POV
I see the screens light up blue. I turn toward the wall and see her, a young woman with light brown hair. She is sitting in a metal chair with her hands folded, staring at the ground.
She lifts her head and begins, "Hello, Chicago. My name is Amanda Ritter. This video is to be used when things become unstable inside the walls. I can only tell you what you need to know. The world outside your walls was destroyed, completely eradicated in wars waged against humanity."
My heart is racing and my palms are sweating. We all were told the world was destroyed beyond the walls, but hearing the truth is hard to swallow.
The clips begin to roll, clips of destruction and bodies strewn about the streets of places I've never seen. Destruction. Chaos.
"Chicago was our only hope, left mostly untouched by the war, the government took our last remaining citizens and placed them within the walls. We needed to protect ourselves." She says. "We're placing a new form of government here, one that will instill values into humanity once again, ones we have lost."
The screens flash back to Amanda's face, her eyes watery and desperate as she speaks, "Our world has become cruel, and unyielding. Humanity has lost all of the qualities that allow us to be good people. Bravery, Kindness, Knowledge, Truth and Selflessness. We hope our citizens will learn these, and reconstruct the world we once knew."
I look away from the screens and scan the faces of the crowd. Not a single eye is prying from the screen.
"Divergent people, as we call them, possess more than one lost quality. Look up to these individuals, and learn from them. Strive to be the best people you can be." She says, her mouth turns up in a half smile. Is it true that Divergence is just being a good person?
"Today all original citizens will be wiped," she continues, "Turned into clean slates so that no bad habits or values will be brought into our city. To ensure this is real, I will give you the name I am about to take. My name is Edith Prior, and I hope that this video must never be shown. Learn and listen to each other, because Chicago is our only hope." She says this, and returns to staring at the ground in defeat.
The screens go black.