[ Armada has selected D'Artagnan for his potential. He has all the tools at his disposal to be uniquely important to the instructor— if he can survive. ]
It is not a matter of passing or failing. It is a training mechanism. Some points you will not "pass" within a week, or a month, or possibly even a year.
FROM: armada@cdc.org
It will test your endurance. It will teach you new skills. You are a living organism and so it will keep changing.
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Neither do you want to let me down.
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FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
I know that.
[ There's a short delay, while he wonders whether to ask at all. He decides to risk it, because there may never be a better chance. ]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
Why did you ask this of me, if you doubt that I'll be able?
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You doubt yourself.
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I'm not a fool. I know I have to get stronger.
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You still doubt yourself.
FROM: armada@cdc.org
Acknowledge your doubt and surpass it. If I thought you did not have the capacity to do so, I would not have made you a leader.
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Yes, sir.
I won't disappoint you.
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FROM: armada@cdc.org
I hope not. You have great potential.
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FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
The Black Box. Do you think it will help?
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Yes. It will challenge you from the safety of the ship.
[ It is better to bend under that weight on the Neheda than in the field, where it will get others killed. ]
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Many of my friends have done it already. None of them found it easy
Do you still use it?
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I do.
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What's the best way to approach it?
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It is tailored to each individual. I can no sooner tell you how to succeed in the Black Box as I can control how you feel.
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FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
But there is a way to pass, isn't there? It's just, I haven't heard from anyone who's managed that yet.
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It is not a matter of passing or failing. It is a training mechanism. Some points you will not "pass" within a week, or a month, or possibly even a year.
FROM: armada@cdc.org
It will test your endurance. It will teach you new skills. You are a living organism and so it will keep changing.
FROM: armada@cdc.org
I still use it. What does that tell you?
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That it's worth using, and worth keeping at, despite its difficulty.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
All right. Thank you, Armada.
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You're welcome. :)