Aaron passed an AI-issued aptitude exam.


    In turn, the AI assigned him to a training facility.


    Fellow recruits shared similar score results.


    They concluded the AI chose them for their intellectual acuity.


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    "Line-up!"—A drill sergeant shouted.


    Trainees hurriedly lined up, heal to toe.


    The sergeant turned around …


    His face on a robotic body.


    "Oh, no, I won’t!" Aaron struggled.


    They all resisted …


    Security guards assisted medics in sedating the recruits.


    Then, the guards escorted them all into a building.


    Aaron hazily observed surgeons implanting brains in cyborg chassis …


    He awoke next to his decapitated body.