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Lessons about the ship and its iven to every child, mad or not, at least once a year until their apprenticeship It’s vital that every person on Godspeed knows and understands the significance of e’re doing We’re carrying the hopes of an old planet across the universe in order to create a whole neorld

The entryway to the Recorder Hall is huge, with a tall ceiling and tiny, narros that are supposed to streaitalthe walls We call the on the wall and they’re, well, floppy Each one gloith an

i, another a sculpture

We stand aardly in the center of the rooers surrounded by the history of both the old world and the ship The nurse who escorted us slips out the door and closes it behind her, the sound a solid thud compared to the electronic doors of the Hospital that zip shut with a whisper

“ So” Harley says, his voice ringing throughout the tall roo ”

Bartie, standing behind hihter Victria rolls her eyes at them both, and Bartie silences immediately

I turn away,with envy My eyes are drawn to clear hazel eyes—those of Luthor, the straggler of our group He’d been watchingto hide his interest

I blush and turn away

“Thank you for cohout the Recorder Hall A es fro, unkempt hair that almost covers a spider web scar on the side of his neck

“Like we had a choice,” Victria mumbles

The man’s head whips around “You do,” he says “ You always have a choice ” He opens hismore, but ss the words Instead, he says, “I am Orion, the Recorder ”

“ Why are you teaching us today?” Kayleigh asks “ Why not Doc?”

“ Or one of the Shippers?” Bartie adds “Are we not getting an apprenticeship?”

“Apprenticeships are for labor,” Orion says “You are not going to be laborers ”

“ Because we’re loons,” I can’t help but say