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The atmosphere in Gilead's audition room is suffocating, thick with expectation and dread. Becka Grove, in her green dress of a 'Green', sits rigidly, her trembling hands clasped in her lap. The cold light glints off her frightened eyes as the suitors are presented: a pockmarked youth, an aging Commander, a newly-assigned Guardian, and finally, an officer from the dreaded Colonies. The silence is deafening. For Becka, there is no freedom, only a choice between different forms of prison. Her destiny hangs over her like an inescapable sentence.