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“The government doesn’t decide who you are.” “It decides whether you’re allowed to live.” The Republic has only ever recognized two kinds of people. The Careers. And the Fillers. The Careers are the government’s masterpiece. Doctors. Scientists. Engineers. Military leaders. Politicians. Children who score high enough during the National Aptitude Examination at age sixteen earn the privilege of becoming one. Warm homes. Full stomachs. Clean water. Education. Freedom. Then there are the Fillers. The government’s mistake. The ones declared too unintelligent… Too weak… Too emotional… Too expendable. Officially, they’re called National Labor Assets. Everyone else simply calls them… The Wasteful Kind.