Axiom: The Last Hope

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It’s been there since I was born, the barcode on my right wrist, but it wasn’t until now I really looked at it; my whole life condensed into a six-digit code. Every citizen of the colony has one. It’s how they catalog us. Now that I’m seventeen, the tattoo seems to weigh heavier on my skin, the more it weighs on my mind. I run my thumb back and forth over it, silently hoping it will feel different, hoping it will give me some clue as to what’s going to happen next. Unfortunately, it does nothing to ease my mind. The shudder of the door to my father’s car closing slams me back into reality, and I notice we’ve arrived at our destination.

I stare at my reflection in the car window, hoping to stall for a few more minutes. The person staring back at me certainly looks like she could be a young adult, with her wavy dirty blonde hair flowing below her shoulders and green eyes centered on her long face. In just one year the Assembly expects me to become a contributing member of the colony, even though on the inside I still feel like a child. This place is meant to change that?

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