I should have kept quiet. I should have kept my damn mouth shut. Jeff bit his under lips and did not release them until he tasted blood. If he had not been too hasty to help Jerry, maybe he would not be standing here now, waiting for Grand Gareth and the others to decide their fate.
The hallway leading to the Central Court was crowded. Not with recruits, but with other people who either had complaints or problems they would like to lay before the council. They were mostly women, old women. The men among them were but a few. It wasn't odd, not since the implantation of the HT started. Men mostly were the ones who easily succumb to the threats of the General. No, that was not a good reason. The fact was, the general was more interested in men. He is trying to build an army. A robotic army that has human flesh.
