“It’s what he was told to do, and he knows nothing else.”
“What about you? Do you lie to me, too?” Jonas almost spat the question at The Giver.
“I am empowered to lie. But I have never lied to you.” Jonas stared at him.
“Release is always like that? For people who break the rules three times? For the Old? Do they kill the Old, too?”
“Yes, it’s true.”
“And what about Fiona? She loves the Old! She’s in training to care for them.
Does she know yet? What will she do when she finds out? How will she feel?”
Jonas brushed wetness from his face with the back of one hand.
“Fiona is already being trained in the fine art of release,” The Giver told him.
“She’s very efficient at her work, your red-haired friend. Feelings are not part of the life she’s learned.”
Jonas wrapped his arms around himself and rocked his own body back and forth.
What should I do? I can’t go back! I can’t!The Giver stood up.
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