Orion Roehner stood on a platform with four other young men, each stepping forward as their names were called out. One after another they stepped forward, their accomplishments read and their promotions declared.
"Mr. Orion Roehner, please step forward."
Orion stepped toward the edge of the platform, peering downward toward his toes. The proctor began to recount Orion's successes: He'd lured an older boy of the age of 15 toward a steam press and had fashioned a noose to slip around the boys neck, holding him against the hot iron as his skin crackled until another proctor commanded he release the knot; He'd tricked a girl of seven years-old into shoving a boy of nine years-old onto a hangar as a ship was being lowered, severing the boy cleanly at the sternum; He subsequently walked the girl into an airlock on the falsified command of a proctor for the girl to report for promotion, releasing her into the dark recesses of space as a proctor watched on.
He raised his eyes as the proctor called his name again and announced his promotion. Orion Roehner, age 11, promoted to operations command-staff training. He looked out over the crowded room and his eyes came to rest on me. I was mesmerized by his gaze and I could feel something being taken away from me when he turned to the proctor and smiled in appreciation.
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"Mr. Orion Roehner, please step forward."
Orion stepped toward the edge of the platform, peering downward toward his toes. The proctor began to recount Orion's successes: He'd lured an older boy of the age of 15 toward a steam press and had fashioned a noose to slip around the boys neck, holding him against the hot iron as his skin crackled until another proctor commanded he release the knot; He'd tricked a girl of seven years-old into shoving a boy of nine years-old onto a hangar as a ship was being lowered, severing the boy cleanly at the sternum; He subsequently walked the girl into an airlock on the falsified command of a proctor for the girl to report for promotion, releasing her into the dark recesses of space as a proctor watched on.
He raised his eyes as the proctor called his name again and announced his promotion. Orion Roehner, age 11, promoted to operations command-staff training. He looked out over the crowded room and his eyes came to rest on me. I was mesmerized by his gaze and I could feel something being taken away from me when he turned to the proctor and smiled in appreciation.
https://inara.cz/cmdr-logbook/325591/67870/