Now she looks pale and small, but her eyes make me think of wide- open skies that I have never actually seen, only dreamed of.

i like to think that im helping them by hating them

At first Eric stares at Four in silence. Four stares back.

You know what Abnegation used to say about pride?' 'Something unfavorable,I assume.' I laugh.' Obviously. They said it blinds people to the truth of what they are.

Just because they didn’t shoot you all in the head doesn’t mean their intentions were somehow honorable. Why do you think they came here? Just to run through your hallways, knock you conscious, and leave?

Four flips the gun in this hand, presses the barrel to Peter's forehead, and clicks a bullet into place. Peter freezes with his lips parted, the yawn dead in his mouth. "Wake. Up," Four snaps. "You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it.

It's not cruelty, maybe, but a desire to understand that motivates them.