Four was waiting for them out in the pit and so was Eric, sitting there in all his dickhead glory, looking smug.
As soon as they were there, Four started instructing.
"There are two stages of training," explained Four. "The first is physical: you'll push your bodies to the breaking point and master the methods of combat. The second is mental: again, breaking point. You'll face your worst fears and conquer them - unless they get you first. You'll be trained separately from the Dauntless-born but you'll be ranked together. After initation, rankings will determine what jobs you move into: leadership, guarding the fence, or keeping the factionless from killing each other."
"Rankings will also determine who gets cut," Eric chimed in.
"Cut?" asked Christina, confused.
"At the end of training, the lowest ranking initiates will be leaving us," explained Eric, that smug look still on his face.
"To do what?" asked Drew, one of the Candor boys that had harassed Tris their first day in the locker room.
"There's no going home to your families, so you live factionless," Eric explained casually.
"Why didn't we know that?" asked Will.
"It's a new rule."
"A new rule? Somebody should have told us that," said Christina, distraught.
"Why?" asked Eric. "Would you have chosen differently? Out of fear? If that's the case, you might as well get out now. If you're really one of us it won't matter to you that you might fail. You chose us. Now we get to choose you."
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As soon as they were there, Four started instructing.
"There are two stages of training," explained Four. "The first is physical: you'll push your bodies to the breaking point and master the methods of combat. The second is mental: again, breaking point. You'll face your worst fears and conquer them - unless they get you first. You'll be trained separately from the Dauntless-born but you'll be ranked together. After initation, rankings will determine what jobs you move into: leadership, guarding the fence, or keeping the factionless from killing each other."
"Rankings will also determine who gets cut," Eric chimed in.
"Cut?" asked Christina, confused.
"At the end of training, the lowest ranking initiates will be leaving us," explained Eric, that smug look still on his face.
"To do what?" asked Drew, one of the Candor boys that had harassed Tris their first day in the locker room.
"There's no going home to your families, so you live factionless," Eric explained casually.
"Why didn't we know that?" asked Will.
"It's a new rule."
"A new rule? Somebody should have told us that," said Christina, distraught.
"Why?" asked Eric. "Would you have chosen differently? Out of fear? If that's the case, you might as well get out now. If you're really one of us it won't matter to you that you might fail. You chose us. Now we get to choose you."