'"Six!"
It isn't real. It doesn't mean anything. My brother's kind eyes feel like two drills boring a hole in my head. My sweat makes the gun slippery.
"Five!"
I have no other option. I close my eyes. Think. I have to think. The urgency making my heart race depends on one thing, and one thing only: the threat to my life.
"Four! Three!"
What did Tobias tell me? Selflessness and bravery aren't that different.
"Two!"
I release the trigger of my gun and drop it. Before I can lose my nerve, I turn and press my forehead to the barrel of the gun behind me.
Shoot me instead.
"One!"
I hear a click, and a bang.'
- Pg. 396/Divergent.

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