"Yes. Eight, start of training," Aine answered. Would all people act like this towards her? "Every child has them installed when we join the military. Wait much later the chances the implants will reject go up. Anything after age 10 the question stops being will the implants fail as it is will the implants kill you."
It was a fact of life, the earlier a Silver Heart is installed, the less complications there are. The body gets accustomed to it, and even though the gems resettle as the structuring changes under them it is more stable than a later installation. And everyone's father and mother, and their fathers and mothers, and THEIR fathers and mothers were implanted at a young age. It had been a long time, about five generations, since the age of installation was discovered. It was an honor, to be sure you would not die before you hit the battlefield.
However, her unit, and her people, not being here did cause her heart to sink a little. It would just be her then, has happened before. She can manage, "Your people do not do such things when you join the military? No signs at all?"
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It was a fact of life, the earlier a Silver Heart is installed, the less complications there are. The body gets accustomed to it, and even though the gems resettle as the structuring changes under them it is more stable than a later installation. And everyone's father and mother, and their fathers and mothers, and THEIR fathers and mothers were implanted at a young age. It had been a long time, about five generations, since the age of installation was discovered. It was an honor, to be sure you would not die before you hit the battlefield.
However, her unit, and her people, not being here did cause her heart to sink a little. It would just be her then, has happened before. She can manage, "Your people do not do such things when you join the military? No signs at all?"