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study and harvest this ability, and use it in the benefit of humankind.”
“You use it to fight disease?” Jena asked, disbelieving eyes on the picture.
“Yes,” Dr. Yuri said. “Whoever built the Creux, they did so for a very specific purpose: to combat the laani.”
Ezra frowned. Five centuries earlier, during an event called the Fall of Terria, an alien organism had crashed on the planet, bringing with it a deadly virus and an army of monstrous creatures that had wiped out most human life on the planet. They were the reason why cities like Roue were built in domes, secluded from the contaminated air that populated the rest of the world, and whatever monsters remained.
“There’s a cure for the laani?”
“I never said that word,” Dr. Yuri replied. “So far, the use of Creuxen has proven useful in combating the virus, but it will be years, maybe decades, before an actual cure is found. Zenith, and the Creux, are tasked with this enormous responsibility, which you will now share.”
Ezra felt as though his throat would close up. He could barely breathe. Pieces began to fall into place as he remembered the conversation in Mizrahi’s office. Akiva and Jena had been barely familiar with the Creux, but not one of the four knew their purpose. Mizrahi had used the word commune . His father had used the word protect . They expected him to get into those monstrous suits and battle the laani?
“I expect you have questions,” the man said.
“Are we going to be trained to pilot these Creux. . .en? Inside an infected body? How does that even work?” Jena asked.
Once again, everyone except Ezra seemed to be far too calm for the information being given.
“A lot of people have died trying to understand the way a Creux is piloted. It needs to be synchronized with the mind of a human being, who controls it remotely. The pilot’s body is never put inside the actual Creux—his mind is.”
This was too much information for Ezra to absorb or understand.
“In here we have a saying: For every body a soul, and for every Creux a pilot. The reason why you’re here is because the Creux rejects control, and each can only be host to one very specific person. The blood inside the four of you is a match to one Creux that was made for you to pilot, even before you were born.”
None of this makes any sense. What the hell is happening?
For the first time, both Kiva and Jena seemed to be as concerned as Ezra felt.
“Pages four and five in your booklets will show you a up-to-date roster of the Creux that have been discovered. The first column is the Creux model, numbered in the order they were discovered; the second column is the code name, given to it by its discoverer; the third column has the alias of that particular model, if it has one; the fourth is the pilot who matched the Creux; and the final one delineates the current status of the Creux.”
Ezra looked down at the roster.
“One of the ones that are defined as ‘vacant’ will be yours: your new home, your new id, from now until the day you die.”
Chapter 5
To Each His Own
The rest of the lecture was a haze of confusing new information that scared him but left him with a paradoxical thirst for more. There were far too many questions he wanted an answer for, and very few could be answered.
It was difficult for Ezra to understand that a whole branch of the government, millions in resources and manpower, were being used to support a program entirely based on a mystery. How was it possible that even Dr. Yuri knew next to nothing about the origins of the Creux?
Maybe it was his own skepticism and cynicism, but Ezra was sure that he was keeping secrets from the four new members of the program. Maybe once they had advanced a little in their training, they would be qualified to receive more information.
“Like I said, there are eight vacant Creux, three of which you will fill. Unless more are found, soon all our Creux will be matched with a
“You use it to fight disease?” Jena asked, disbelieving eyes on the picture.
“Yes,” Dr. Yuri said. “Whoever built the Creux, they did so for a very specific purpose: to combat the laani.”
Ezra frowned. Five centuries earlier, during an event called the Fall of Terria, an alien organism had crashed on the planet, bringing with it a deadly virus and an army of monstrous creatures that had wiped out most human life on the planet. They were the reason why cities like Roue were built in domes, secluded from the contaminated air that populated the rest of the world, and whatever monsters remained.
“There’s a cure for the laani?”
“I never said that word,” Dr. Yuri replied. “So far, the use of Creuxen has proven useful in combating the virus, but it will be years, maybe decades, before an actual cure is found. Zenith, and the Creux, are tasked with this enormous responsibility, which you will now share.”
Ezra felt as though his throat would close up. He could barely breathe. Pieces began to fall into place as he remembered the conversation in Mizrahi’s office. Akiva and Jena had been barely familiar with the Creux, but not one of the four knew their purpose. Mizrahi had used the word commune . His father had used the word protect . They expected him to get into those monstrous suits and battle the laani?
“I expect you have questions,” the man said.
“Are we going to be trained to pilot these Creux. . .en? Inside an infected body? How does that even work?” Jena asked.
Once again, everyone except Ezra seemed to be far too calm for the information being given.
“A lot of people have died trying to understand the way a Creux is piloted. It needs to be synchronized with the mind of a human being, who controls it remotely. The pilot’s body is never put inside the actual Creux—his mind is.”
This was too much information for Ezra to absorb or understand.
“In here we have a saying: For every body a soul, and for every Creux a pilot. The reason why you’re here is because the Creux rejects control, and each can only be host to one very specific person. The blood inside the four of you is a match to one Creux that was made for you to pilot, even before you were born.”
None of this makes any sense. What the hell is happening?
For the first time, both Kiva and Jena seemed to be as concerned as Ezra felt.
“Pages four and five in your booklets will show you a up-to-date roster of the Creux that have been discovered. The first column is the Creux model, numbered in the order they were discovered; the second column is the code name, given to it by its discoverer; the third column has the alias of that particular model, if it has one; the fourth is the pilot who matched the Creux; and the final one delineates the current status of the Creux.”
Ezra looked down at the roster.
“One of the ones that are defined as ‘vacant’ will be yours: your new home, your new id, from now until the day you die.”
Chapter 5
To Each His Own
The rest of the lecture was a haze of confusing new information that scared him but left him with a paradoxical thirst for more. There were far too many questions he wanted an answer for, and very few could be answered.
It was difficult for Ezra to understand that a whole branch of the government, millions in resources and manpower, were being used to support a program entirely based on a mystery. How was it possible that even Dr. Yuri knew next to nothing about the origins of the Creux?
Maybe it was his own skepticism and cynicism, but Ezra was sure that he was keeping secrets from the four new members of the program. Maybe once they had advanced a little in their training, they would be qualified to receive more information.
“Like I said, there are eight vacant Creux, three of which you will fill. Unless more are found, soon all our Creux will be matched with a
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