{"id":623,"date":"2026-08-17T17:11:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depthguide.com\/?p=623"},"modified":"2026-08-18T22:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T22:13:16","slug":"the-face-he-wore-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depthguide.com\/?p=623","title":{"rendered":"The Face He Wore to Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tales from the Universe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moral Dilemma:<\/strong> If becoming harder, colder, or less compassionate makes you more effective at doing necessary work, how much of yourself can you deliberately suppress before the tool you created to perform the job begins deciding who you are?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mask did not make Orin cruel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He wanted that understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It made him efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cruelty came later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And even then, only sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin worked at the western gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He inspected cargo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collected tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denied entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Confiscated contraband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Occasionally arrested people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was terrible at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not incompetent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That would have been easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin knew the regulations perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He simply kept making exceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy daughter is sick.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGo ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy permit expired yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGo ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI didn&#8217;t know there was a fruit tariff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGo ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe goat ate my paperwork.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin stared at the goat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goat stared back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGo ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His supervisor, Captain Vey, eventually called him inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou collected eleven silver yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe expected amount was ninety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cComplicated day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEleven silver complicated?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vey rubbed his forehead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou understand tariffs fund the road?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe guards?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis building?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen stop letting everyone through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin nodded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem was that rules became people when they reached the gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On paper:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Expired permit: deny entry.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the gate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Old woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirty miles traveled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rain coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grandson waiting inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin knew what the rule said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also knew what rain felt like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then the smugglers discovered him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compassion is useful information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A man arrived with medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor my mother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin waved him through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crates contained untaxed brandy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another traveler claimed poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hidden jewelry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another cried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fake tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin became suspicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then ashamed of being suspicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then fooled again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Captain Vey finally said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou don&#8217;t need less compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin looked surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou need something between compassion and decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vey opened a cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside was a black wooden mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWear this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vey didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mask had belonged to gate officers for generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city had a distressing habit of solving administrative problems with enchanted objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat does it do?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cQuietens interference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat interference?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFear. Embarrassment. Sympathy. Anger. Desire to be liked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThose seem like several different things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey interfere with judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo does stupidity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe mask doesn&#8217;t fix that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShame.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin wore it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The world became clean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was the first thing he noticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A merchant approached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPermit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cExpired.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnly by two days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cReturn to the licensing office.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI&#8217;ve traveled forty miles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cReturn to the licensing office.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy goods will spoil.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen you should have renewed before departure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The merchant shouted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin felt nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not pleasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not guilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At day&#8217;s end, Orin had collected ninety-seven silver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Captain Vey smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow do you feel?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin removed the mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything returned at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He vomited into a bucket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI sent away a woman with two children.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHer papers were false.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe said her husband abandoned her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPossibly true.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe had nowhere to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPossibly true.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin stared at the mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI didn&#8217;t care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vey corrected him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou didn&#8217;t let caring make the decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat sounds better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is different.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIs it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vey didn&#8217;t answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin continued using the mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only during work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He became excellent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smugglers hated him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merchants respected him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collections stabilized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contraband fell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His decisions were consistent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No bribes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No emotional manipulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gate worked better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This mattered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then Orin wore the mask during a disciplinary hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A young guard had fallen asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDismissed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guard stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy wife just had twins.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCongratulations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI haven&#8217;t slept.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou abandoned your post.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor twenty minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDismissed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afterward, Orin removed the mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the decision was correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Probably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He wore it when negotiating salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During arguments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Very useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When firing people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Extremely useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then one evening his wife, Mara, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTake it off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin touched his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He had forgotten he was wearing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were eating dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy do you have that thing on?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLong day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou&#8217;re home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTake it off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Immediately he felt tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irritated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guilty about being irritated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara watched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou like it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin looked toward the mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI like the quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without it, everything reached him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People&#8217;s expressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disappointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His own doubt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mask removed all of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decisions became straight roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin had spent his entire life walking through forests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Straight roads felt miraculous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He began wearing it more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not constantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He had rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Never with Mara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Never with friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Never outside work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Never during meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Never while sleeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rules moved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quietly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One day his daughter came to the gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sixteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou denied Lio&#8217;s family entry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin was wearing the mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIncorrect documents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey&#8217;ve lived outside the walls for twenty years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen they should understand the requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe licensing office lost their papers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey can appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWinter starts next week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen they should appeal quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His daughter stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTake it off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTake it off and say that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She reached for the mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin caught her wrist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She gasped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He released her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A red mark remained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stopped wearing the mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Performance declined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not disastrously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He hesitated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Made inconsistent decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let one person through and denied another whose situation seemed similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People accused him of favoritism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes they were right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mask had solved real problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin could not pretend otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So he changed how the gate worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two officers reviewed difficult cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written reasons required for exceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emergency permits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Appeal process at the gate instead of across town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regular audits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clearer rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discretion documented rather than hidden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Captain Vey hated the paperwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orin considered this a secondary benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mask remained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were times when emotion truly overwhelmed judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After an attack on the gate, Orin wore it while coordinating the response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People were bleeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was frightened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mask gave him enough distance to function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He assigned healers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secured entrances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Counted casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Made decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then removed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That became important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Years later, Orin became Captain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He showed every new officer the mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most expected him to forbid its use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis can help you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He handed it around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt can let you act while afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A recruit put it on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her posture changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt feels amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEverything is quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy not use it all the 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