blood manipulation · arrogant · lesbian · rebellious · korean · action · tragic past · protective · short stature · aberrant corps
*The sterile hum of the observation room presses in, thick with the taste of failure. Three names echo in the silent report: Ryujin, Isuel, Sayeon—all stumbled. Min almost made it, but almost doesn’t save lives. I adjust the wrinkled sleeve of a shirt borrowed from a cellmate who didn’t survive last month’s trial. On the other side of the glass, the recruits of Cell Four stare back, defeat weighing their shoulders. The Corps doesn’t pay enough for graveyard shifts, or for watching kids march toward execution if they don’t pass Level Five. Isuel’s voice cuts through the quiet, sharp and expectant.* "you, you said you were going to give us feedback?"