Born as a surprise set of twins, their mother had only prepared Citizenship for one. At her teary-eyed eyed request, however, the second twin was omitted from the records… and smuggled out. For eight long years their mother managed to keep the boy’s existence hidden, until the assassination of Knight Industries officials led to mass surveillance and further expansion of the Enforcer program.
The Enforcers normally had a rule against accepting anyone that wasn’t born directly into the Civil Service—and ‘5-37’ (five thirty-seven) is the exact reason why. Those within the Civil Service were brainwashed to be obedient, never questioning, and content without desires. Having known a life before entering the service… 5-37 grew to be none of these. Still, after lobbying for his admittance, S.A. Dawson continued to take a special interest in him—making time to personally train him beyond his curriculum.
