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.