"My city had five of them. They had different skills, different jobs, different goals. When you're sixteen, you take a test and it determines whether your aptitude is for your birth faction or a different one and you're allowed to transfer, but only once."
I hunch my shoulders forward to better point out the tattoos on the backs of them, the only two that don't represent specific individuals like the rest of mine. "I was born in Abnegation," I say, tapping my right shoulder and its crest of helping hands. "Christina was born in Candor, but we both transferred to Dauntless. The warriors." I turn then and show Isabelle the circle of flames on my left shoulder.
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Date: 2016-06-30 05:28 am (UTC)I hunch my shoulders forward to better point out the tattoos on the backs of them, the only two that don't represent specific individuals like the rest of mine. "I was born in Abnegation," I say, tapping my right shoulder and its crest of helping hands. "Christina was born in Candor, but we both transferred to Dauntless. The warriors." I turn then and show Isabelle the circle of flames on my left shoulder.