Announced Dead
She has no idea that that's what I've been struggling with this whole time.
"The thing about me is, if I were to go over there now, as I am, they'd know something was up. My status over there is deceased; dead. I died trying to pass my Testing, even though it went nothing like how it was supposed to be for anyone else." I scrubbed my face, trying to regain feeling in my right hand.
"So you're a bit like someone else I know." the girl says instead, and I freeze.
"What do you mean?" I ask instead.
"One of my friends went through the System and the Testing just like you. And she's still alive."
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