Child 44

Although his own employment in the State Security force was frequently unpleasant he understood its necessity, the necessity of guarding their revolution from enemies both foreign and domestic, from those who sought to undermine it and those determined to see it fail. To this end Leo would lay down his life. To this end he’d lay down the lives of o

Leo took his time walking up the stairs, contemplating how he had ended up here–policing people’s reactions. He’d never intended to join the State Security Department; the career had grown out of his military service.