I wasn't good enough for abnegation, I say, and I wanted to be free. So I chose Dauntless. Why weren't you good enough? Because I was selfish. I say. You were selfish? You aren't anymore? Of course I am. My mother said that everyone is selfish, I say, but I became less selfish in Dauntless. I discovered there were people I would fight for. Die for, even.
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