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Part One
ThushasitbeeneversincetheGreatRebirth,andfartherbackthanthatnomemorycanreach.
ButwemustneverspeakofthetimesbeforetheGreatRebirth,elsewearesentencedtothreeyearsinthePalaceofCorrectiveDetention.ItisonlytheOldOneswhowhisperaboutitintheevenings,intheHomeoftheUseless.Theywhispermanystrangethings,ofthetowerswhichrosetothesky,inthoseUnmentionableTimes,andofthewagonswhichmovedwithouthorses,andofthelightswhichburnedwithoutflame.Butthosetimeswereevil.Andthosetimespassedaway,whenmensawtheGreatTruthwhichisthis:thatallmenareoneandthatthereisnowillsavethewillofallmentogether.
Allmenaregoodandwise.Itisonlywe,Equality7-2521,wealonewhowerebornwithacurse.Forwearenotlikeourbrothers.Andaswelookbackuponourlife,weseethatithaseverbeenthusandthatithasbroughtusstepbysteptoourlast,supremetransgression,ourcrimeofcrimeshiddenhereundertheground.
WeremembertheHomeoftheInfantswherewelivedtillwewerefiveyearsold,togetherwithallthechildrenoftheCitywhohadbeenborninthesameyear.Thesleepinghallstherewerewhiteandcleanandbareofallthingssaveonehundredbeds.Wewerejustlikeallourbrothersthen,savefortheonetransgression:wefoughtwithourbrothers.Therearefewoffensesblackerthantofightwithourbrothers,atanyageandforanycausewhatsoever.TheCounciloftheHometoldusso,andofallthechildrenofthatyear,wewerelockedinthecellarmostoften.
