Octavia Butler by Parable of the Talents

Author:Parable of the Talents [Talents, Parable of the]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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We were all lashed for what Emery did. The men were

made to watch.

We were marched out of the school and lashed as we were

made to kneel and pray, to scream out our sins, to beg for

forgiveness, and quote Bible verses on command. I kept

thinking they would make a mistake and kill some of us. This was an orgy of abuse and humiliation. It went on and on for hours with our "teachers" taking turns, trading off, screaming their hate at us, and calling it love. I had no voice at all left by the time it was over. I was sore all over. An ac-tual beating couldn't have left me feeling any worse. And if anyone had been paying attention to me in particular, they would have

seen that I was a sharer. I lost control. I couldn't have

concealed anything.

I remember wishing I could die. I remember wondering if

in the end they would force us all to go the way Emery did, each of us taking a few of them with us.

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