Jonas didn’t know what she was referring to, but he could sense the discomfort of the audience.
They shifted uneasily in their seats. “We have not been hasty this time,” she continued.
“We could not afford another failure.” “Sometimes,” she went on, speaking now in a lighter tone, relaxing the tension in the Auditorium,
“we are not entirely certain about the Assignments, even after the most painstaking observations.
Sometimes we worry that the one assigned might not develop, through training, every attribute necessary. Elevens are still children, after all.
What we observe as playfulness and patience—the requirements to become Nurturer—
could, with maturity, be revealed as simply foolishness and indolence.
So we continue to observe during training, and to modify behavior when necessary.
“But the Receiver-in-training cannot be observed, cannot be modified. That is stated quite clearly in the rules.
He is to be alone, apart, while he is prepared by the current Receiver for the job which is the most honored in our community.”
Alone? Apart? Jonas listened with increasing unease. “Therefore the selection must be sound.
It must be a unanimous choice of the Committee. They can have no doubts, however fleeting.
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