ONE. be curteous and present yourself well

[quiteagooddonor]

[The audio turns on and there's a short pause before a moderately young, eager British voice speaks.]

Hello! My name.. Well, it's Tommy D. I'm-- I'm a new warden here.

[His words become more careful.]

I don't-- I don't know if you know about The Cottages or White Castle or anything, but it really doesn't matter that I'm a student of Hailsham. It really made... it makes no difference in the end. [A beat.] I know I'm not the best out there, but if you give me a chance, I'll work hard and I expect I can surprise you.

[A pause and then he's back to his original chipper tone again.]

I heard that the inmates are assigned to us. Is that right? Do I.. Do I talk to the Admiral about it or is it automatic or... ? Sorry. I'm rubbish at this sort of thing. I promise I'll be better once I've gotten to know how it all works.

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[needshumility.livejournal.com]

I don't. I never have. In my world, I am very good at seeing colour.

Here... It's only when people try to make me feel bad about it that I do, but even then, I realised that whatever colours I see doesn't really matter.

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[quiteagooddonor]

You're right, it doesn't. If they try to make you feel badly about it again, you should tell them to bugger off. It's not their business anyway.. the colors.. or whatever someone's not good at.

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[needshumility.livejournal.com]

I am good at seeing col...

I already did. If it happens again, I'll say it more forcefully.

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[quiteagooddonor]

Oh, sorry. You are good where you come from you said? Yeah? That's good. Yeah. That's really good.

You do that.

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[needshumility.livejournal.com]

...It's only compared to the Previous that I'm rubbish at seeing colour. Not that it actually matters, but... at home it does matter, that's all.

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[quiteagooddonor]

That's excellent, that you were good there. What about Jane though? It sounds like she wasn't quite as gifted.. or is it number of colors more than the percentages? I barely understand that in our own system. Education, you know.. number of top marks versus the rank of the marks themselves.

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[needshumility.livejournal.com]

It's definitely percentages. Although, colours have heirarchies. Grey, Red, Green, Orange, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Ultraviolet. But you get to be a Prefect if you have the highest colour perception.

But Jane's a better person than I am. Colour has nothing to do with it, really. It just makes you think you're better than other people.

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[quiteagooddonor]

I'm not sure I understand that.. So you weren't better than anyone, you just thought you were?