A. M. Aranth - Oculus

What would you do if you knew that one day you would lose your name, your family, your friends, your rights and for good money they would give you an oculus next to a blind Elderly scientist so that you could see instead and stare into a microscope twenty-six out of thirty-two hours a day?
That's how it goes here on Avalon. There is no escape, not even if crazy sectarians hunt you down, your best friend hates you, and the cuts on your wrists proliferate... This is the order.
My name was Truth Dunn. I'm not human anymore. I am not a person. Just oculus.
What would you do if you knew that your best friend, a girl you love more than anything, was going to be a slave? Could you watch it go down forever? How is the system slowly suffocating you?
My answer is simple. I would try to free him. Even if you don't want to. Even if I'm bloody up to my neck in the process. Whatever I have to do.
My name is Aoi Kane. And I don't accept that this is the order here.
What would you do if you knew that your Enemy, the one you've spent everything to hunt down, is hiding right under your nose? That he doesn't even know you're in the world and you're rushing towards him like a poisoned arrow?
I'm not waiting. I pounce on him and stomp him as he deserves. I don't even think about what he drags into nowhere.
My name doesn't matter. And from today, I'm the order here.

An improved edition of the highly successful novel with an extra short story.