Tears

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Series Listing

00. Before and During Divergent

Bravery

00. Before and During Divergent

The Number of Fear

01.00 Four - Choosing

Another Way

01.01 Four - after Choosing

Tears

We are trained to remember. We are trained to forget.

Four trained himself to remember, and to forget. A brief character study.

01.01 Four - after Choosing
Selfish Divergent Trilogy
Fanfic

The heart of Abnegation was the forgetting of self—and the remembrance of the consequences when he failed. Tobias knew this, thoroughly. He recited it to himself as he trembled in a ball on the floor of the small, dark closet. Forget self. Forget myself. Urgently, pleadingly. Forget, forget, forget.

He learned everything there was to know about tears.

The heart of Dauntless was the forgetting of fears—and why they mattered. Tobias knew this, thoroughly. He recited it to himself every time he stepped into his fearscape when he remembered the closet, remembered the beatings, remembered his father, remembered why he walked away. Forget fear. My fears don’t matter. Urgently, pleadingly. Forget, forget, forget.

He forgot everything there was to know about tears.