a/n: this time you actually get to find out what's going on! Don't you feel special?
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Chapter 3: The Beginning
"Back before the pulse," Logan began, with difficulty. "The government set up a series of special schools, for the brightest kids in the country. The one for the North West was called the Maple Institute. Basically they were trying to brainwash the next generation of entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, etcetera into working for Uncle Sam. The children were all between nine and fifteen, the better to be influenced by the teachers."
"Anyway, as well as the psychological conditioning these kids were subjected to a lot of physical testing. Brain scans, monitoring neurological activity by sticking electrodes to their heads while they studied, but most notably investigating their DNA. They were researching exactly how their genes made them smart."
"So what does this have to do with me?" asked Max, confused.
"Sebastian found out recently that the data from the project, including the DNA samples, went to Manticore when it was shut down. The kids in Maple were used as templates to base some of the X series on."
"And this affects us how?"
"Max… Sebastian and I were bunk mates at the Maple Institute."
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You may now yell at me. Via email, obviously, unless you have a really big megaphone.
