What I gave up by having all the attributes that I hated about myself. I went to sleep thinking that I had lost the best thing in my life just to be a...person that I didn't want to be. My mother always told me that if I wanted to solve a problem and couldn't, I should think about it before I went to sleep and my mind would solve it for me. It usually worked, and it did again."When I woke up, I had my answer. If I could not change who I was for myself, someone I didn't particularly like, could I. He then turned to Gath and Manny. “You two are the witnesses?”“Uh ... yes,” Gath said.“If you believe these proceedings were carried out legally and that there is no reason to suspect fraud or misrepresentation, please come forward and lay some derm as well.”First Gath and then Manny stepped forward and put their fingers on the pad.“It is now official,” Flux said. “You are bound together until death or divorce do you part. Congratulations.”“Congratulations!” all the guests shouted in unison.And. It just means you have to do more rounds! Now get moving!”So we started running again but at a measured pace. From up here I could look outside and see the planets yellowish brown cracked surface.Everywhere groups of Cadets engaged in a physical exercises, supervised by black uniformed Instructors. Pure didn’t talk very much and I asked Fectiv about it. He turned to his friend and then back to me and said. “He is a Striped, they never say much. It’s nothing personal.” Pure curled his chaps. "Mr. Beaker, your skill that you had at Bath, can you use it anywhere?" He asked after formally identifying himself."Yes ... I take it you're not alone?" I replied cautiously."That's right, we have a need for an expert lock-picker and we don't know of anyone else with your skill." He said.I didn't need to think, I mean Jarvis wouldn't have called like this unless it was important. "Okay, I'll do it." I said."Without knowing what the problem is?" Another voice spoke over the line."I'm assuming.