“One was a Reduced boy on a neighboring estate who’d somehow survived infancy. Unable to labor in the fields and unable to learn the hand signs that would help him communicate with others, he was confined to the kitchens, doing what little tasks he could—like pitting cherries or shelling peas. Another was an old Post friend of his father’s who’d lost his sight with age. He’d been sent to the healing house, where all sick and wounded North Posts and Reduced went, and hadn’t survived another winte...r. One never lasted long in the healing house, with all the sick people shoved in together to fend for themselves. Even Kai’s father, Mal, had barely lasted a few months after his stroke, despite the medicine Elliot had sneaked in. But here was Sophia Innovation, a young, free Post, rich and pretty and living the life that, a few short moments ago, Kai had envied with all of his heart. Here she was in a crush of spectators, all come to watch her father compete in a race that she could never see.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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