Cognizance
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What is it like to live in a perfect world? In a society that brings peace and stability. Within a system that brings us together. In a world that shapes our way of thinking. Your way of thinking.
What if I tell you that there is no perfect system and no perfect society? What if there's something bigger that's happening right underneath your feet? What if you're paradigm, and everything you knew, was truly something else?
Drew was a girl who lived in this perfect society. She always accepted the life she was living. She though that everything was black and white- that the good was obvious from the bad. And the world she lived in was nothing but good.
But when Drew finally opens her eyes, she begins to uncover the secrets and lies of the Society. Her world quickly turns gray as she discovers that there are people who seek justice and freedom from this "perfect" world. Now, she will have to choose which side she is on and remember that everything is not what it seems.
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