048 Broken

Elo

Mitchell, Kieran and Isobel entered my room later. Mitchell smiled at me, but I could not smile back. I felt ashamed. I felt belittled. The thought that I would need help getting around broke me. I hated being dependent, and I hated being a liability, but the ISD had made my nightmares a reality. All my life, I had trained and disciplined myself to defend myself and others, to be stronger and