Join the Brotherhood! ([TBH])

[chavez]

Teresa entered the recruitment office guided by Julio. He wished her good luck and took his leave, heading to hangar. With Raul's assistance she started filling the test questionnaire on one of the terminals. The questions were tricky, but Teresa was used to them as she had to pass a lot of those during her training at Yaren Base.

When she finished, the countdown was still showing several minutes to go. Raul reviewed the results and raised his eyebrows. The combat skills and TBH rules scores were excellent, but there was a red exclamation flashing near to psychological tests. Raul clicked it for more details.

Diagnosis: Propensity to manic behaviour
Form: Mild form known as hypomania, with slight possibility to develop into full mania
Symptoms: Rapid speech, racing thoughts, decreased need for sleep, hypersexuality, euphoria, grandiosity, and increased interest in goal-directed activities
Ascendants with similar diagnosis: Pedro Maniaco (father)
Suggestions: Some of the symptoms are highly desirable for a pilot (if they are controlled) and they increase pilot's effectivity when dealing with misson goals and also improve immediate adaptability to arised issues. However, if the subject starts to suffer from delusions or hallucinations, urgent hospitalization may be needed to procect himself/herself and the others.

Raul was surprised and looked at the results again. He knew that Pedro used to visit a psychologist from time to time, but he didn't expect something like that. He decided to trust the terminal, but he felt the need to warn other Elders. They must keep an eye on Teresa and her behaviour to make sure she's all right. And then again, this terminal is just a piece of electronic hardware, what can it know about human psychology.

Teresa watched Raul's face which was usually occupied by a kind smile. This time it was serious, almost worried and he kept reading something over and over again.

"Is everything okay, Raul? Don't tell me I failed the stupid test...", she asked.

Raul decided to lie a bit: "No it's fine. Actually it's perfect! I am glad I can welcome you in the Brotherhood, Teresa. We finally have a sister among us!", and he hugged her quickly, trying avoid the eye contact. He knew he wasn't a very good liar.

Teresa sensed there was something wrong but she knew he wouldn't tell her right now. So she decided to wait for a better opportunity to try to discover the secrets he's not telling. Maybe in the bar later. But right now, she had more important things to do, like practicing in both Titan and Centurion. She also had to greet the rest of the brothers using the Brotherhood frequency, which she could access with the new codes Raul gave her. She thanked him and took her leave.

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If I die, I forgive you, father. If I live we shall see.....Teresa Chavez