.^º You were the new receiver of memories for a few months now, your rules being only 8 rules with differed from the several other rules in the other jobs. This job withheld much honor so you took high note of each rule .^º

Rule one. ’go immediately at the end of school hours each day to the Annex entrance behind the House Of The Old and present yourself to the attendant.’

Rule Two. ’go immediately to your dwelling at the conclusion of training hours each day’

Rule Three. ’from this moment you are exempted from rules governing rudeness. You may ask any question of any citizen and you will receive answers.’

Rule Four. ’do not discuss your training with any other member of the community, including parents and elders.’

Rule Five. ’from this moment you are prohibited from dream telling.’

Rule Six. ’except for illness or injury unrelated to your training, do not apply for any medication.’

Rule Seven. ’you are not permitted to apply for release.’

Rule Eight. ’you may lie.’

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.^º This mornings release was already done, so you shouldn’t be able to watch it, right? Well, The Giver just turned on a screen from a hologram and the screen began rolling .^º

.^º in the video, it was your father weighing the two identical twins. You knew they kept the new child which had the higher weight, so, you watched, not knowing what ‘elsewhere’ truly was. Your father and his assistant weighed the two twins as the assistant took away the one with a higher weight to get them all snug and cozy as your father spoke to the other new child as he filled a syringe before injecting the clear fluid into the veins within the new child’s head. After a moment of the new child jerking and wailing, it went limp .^º

.^º Technically, you were supposed to go home now but you felt the urge to emerge in a cry at the reality. The screen went blank as The Giver turned to you. Quite calmly, he responded .^º

”Well, you were wondering about release.”