I chose him not because he was strong. Nor was he the most brave among them. I chose him from among them for at his core, he was simply a good person.

  I awoke at the same time he had always woken up, six am sharp. I roused himself from my slumber and got to my daily routine, the same one I follow each morning. First comes my teeth, then the reason why I had to spend so much money fixing said teeth, my morning coffee. At half past six, I would be on the way to work at the local, everyday supermarket. My name is Mikhail, I am simply an everyday retail drone. The word is mundane, the hours long and tedious, the pay barely above minimum wage.

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