Calling him "bruised" would be an understatement. His face is swollen and purple. He has a split lip and a cut running through his eyebrow. I glance across the room at Four. He wears the satisfied smile I wish I was wearing.
That day Four shows the initiates the fear landscape room. In the fear landscape everyone faces the amount of fears they have in a simulation. But unlike the simulations the initiates have been facing, in this one they will know that is it a simulation so they have their wits about them. Four explains that next week they will all go through the fear landscape as their final test. It will determine who becomes Dauntless and who becomes factionless.
Peter expresses how unfair it seems that someone may only have seven fears while another may have twenty. Four has an awesome response.
"I understand why you're worried, Peter. The events of last night certainly proved that you are a miserable coward."
Peter stares back expressionless.
"So now we all know," Four says quietly, "that you are afraid of a short, skinny girl from Abnegation."
Hallelujah! Someone finally said it! Peter should just quit now, because I'm pretty sure Four is going to do his best to make his life miserable. At least, I hope so.
That night, when the Tris gets back to the dorm, Al is waiting for her. He apologizes and his face is swollen from crying. I don't know what I would do if I were Tris. On one hand, he tried to kill me, but on the other I would feel bad just looking at him. Tris is not conflicted at all and makes her choice.
"Never come near me again. If you do, I swear to God I will kill you," I say. "You coward."
The fear landscape room may look something like this.
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